Word: circuitous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thousands of spectators lined the streets yesterday afternoon to watch the race, which was the third segment of the championships. While yesterday's race, called the criterium, consisted of 40 miles for men and 30 miles for women on a closed circuit around the Yard, the weekend also included a road race on Saturday in Belmont and team time trials yesterday morning in Concord...
...Indiana school district was charged with such a violation by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit because the schools permitted the distribution of literature by Gideon Bible representatives as well as by representatives of the Boy Scouts and the 4-H Club. The school officials felt that allowing students access to the Scouts and 4-H but not the Gideons was discrimination. They tried to appeal the verdict but were denied permission by the Supreme Court...
...this adds up to an overwhelming amount of work, especially for one person in just a little more than a month. The final circuit is sure to contain thousands of transistors, and fitting and wiring up all these tiny devices often turns out to be the designer's biggest headache...
...shaped tables, with black briefing books, white papers and discussion points. At symposiums morning, noon and night, she presides with brow furrowed, lips pursed -- sometimes speaking, sometimes listening, always taking notes. At hearings when 1,000 seats are available, gymnasiums have to be set up with closed- circuit TV to accommodate the overflow. In a field where there is little drama, she has interjected some, picking fights with her designated bullies of the system, the doctors and drug companies that have been making huge profits. Every witness has his or her own horror story about getting sick, and Hillary listens...
...these people are victimized on the basis of nothing more than their status. In their view, society should announce its values by placing a heavier weight of disapproval on crimes of hatred. Even without such laws, judges will sometimes take matters into their own hands. In December, Broward County Circuit Judge Richard Eade sentenced Bradley Mills to 50 years in prison -- going far beyond the 22 years that sentencing guidelines suggest -- for Mills' part in the murder of Lu Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American student at the University of Miami who was beaten to death by a mob of white partygoers...