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...Factor on Fox News. Franken?s radio show was originally called The O?Franken Factor, with the simple aim of annoying O?Reilly and provoking a lawsuit from him. It?s a pleasant irony that, for all his importance in lowering the level of TV?s political discourse to barrier reef depths, O?Reilly?s lasting legacy may be that he diverted the careers of two men: one (Al Franken) who could become a U.S. Senator, and another (Stephen Colbert) whose parody of The Factor has earned him a huge fan base and, after his fearless speech of the White...
...purpose would be to “deter students from using and selling drugs.”The law has since drawn fire from experts in various fields—mostly for the inequity of its effects, they say.“The Higher Education Act is a barrier to education that primarily punishes working-class Americans,” says Adam Wolf, staff attorney for the ACLU Drug Reform Project. The ACLU claims that the provision hurts students of lower economic status, those who would most need federal financial aid. A list of organizations as diverse...
...much of its dialogue consists of courtroom questioning and arguments by lawyers on both sides. Andreadis adds that members of the cast playing jurors will be sitting among the audience, and attorneys will address their speeches to them. “It’s trying to blow that barrier between cast and audience,” she says. —Marianne F. Kaletzky
...especially for a team that lost three of its starting offensive linemen to graduation in 2006. And despite the fact that Murphy had not come across Tunovic until late in the recruiting process, the young man had already been admitted on the strength of his academic achievements, removing another barrier...
...much of its dialogue consists of courtroom questioning and arguments by lawyers on both sides. Andreadis adds that members of the cast playing jurors will be sitting among the audience, and attorneys will address their speeches to them. “It’s trying to blow that barrier between cast and audience,” she says...