Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very scope of the legislation has brought forth armies of lobbyists to advance the interests of clients ranging from the seven Baby Bell phone companies to cable- TV behemoths like Time Warner and Tele Communications Inc. (TCI). This onslaught of special interests has led consumer advocates and other experts to warn that what began as a laudable attempt to promote competition could wind up benefitting media giants far more than their customers. "The people screwed are the consumers," declares Gary Arlen, a telecommunications consultant in Bethesda, Maryland. "Cable rates will rise in the short term before there's rate relief...
...consumers, a swift Bell invasion of the long-distance market could push down rates in a hurry. But the cost of local calls would be slower to fall until the arrival of full-fledged competition from sources ranging from cable companies to advanced wireless phones that would provide alternative networks...
...Bell-AT&T squabbling is a paradigm of the shifting and shaky alliances between politicians and pressure groups in the telecommunications wars. Members of the long-distance coalition had relied on Thomas Bliley of Virginia, who chairs the House Commerce Committee, to deliver their agenda. But two weeks ago, House majority leader Dick Armey informed Bliley that conservative Republicans, including many of the activist and free-marketeering freshmen, objected to provisions that would delay the Baby Bells from entering long distance. In short, the provisions were "too regulatory." The same message came from House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Republican whip...
...close to the brain stem, specializes in memories of fear; the basal ganglia, clumps of gray matter within both cerebral hemispheres, handle habits and physical skills; the cerebellum, at the base of the brain, governs conditioned learning (as when Pavlov's dogs salivated at the ringing of the dinner bell) and some reflexes...
...defense, the team is split on this matter. Bailey wants to call as many as 10 witnesses he hopes will attest to Fuhrman's alleged racism and his use of the N word, which Fuhrman denied on the stand; Shapiro and Cochran feel two or three will suffice. Kathleen Bell, who figured so prominently in the defense's plans with her recollection of Fuhrman's rant about "niggers gathered together and killed,'' is at best a problem witness. Pellicano reportedly has gathered evidence that she is lying, and Bell has written a letter to Judge Lance Ito stating that...