Word: circuitous
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USED CARS, NOT CUSTOMERS "Car buying shouldn't be any more trouble than buying groceries and should take no longer than a lunch hour," says Richard Sharp, chairman of Circuit City, the giant electronics retailer that owns the CarMax chain of used-car superstores. CarMax, which has four outlets in three Southern states and plans to open three new stores this year, is the acknowledged leader of efforts to back up Sharp's words. CarMax customers can leave their children in a supervised play area and use computer screens to scan as many as 1,000 vehicles...
Those suspicions increased late last month when someone fired two shotgun blasts into the home of black circuit-court judge Eddie Hardaway. Although several witnesses say the gunman was black, Hardaway believes white people put him up to it. He sees no connection between the shootings and the rash of church arsons--but other blacks do. In January, Hardaway sentenced two young white men to five years in prison for vandalizing black churches in Sumter County. The day the sentences were reported in the local newspaper, fire destroyed two churches in neighboring Greene County. "Those fires," says Barrown Lankster...
Last week a federal appeals court moved to provide that aid. In a groundbreaking decision, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Washington State's prohibition of doctor-assisted suicide. Writing for the majority in the 8-to-3 decision, Judge Stephen Reinhardt said, "There is a constitutionally protected liberty interest in determining the time and manner of one's own death" that can outweigh the state's interest in preserving life. Washington's law, ruled the court, violates the right of mentally competent, terminally ill adults to choose "a dignified and humane death...
Last week's ruling is expected to have an impact beyond the Ninth Circuit's nine-state jurisdiction. At least 33 states have laws forbidding assisted suicide, and many of them are under challenge. Clearly the decision is in tune with public opinion. Two days after it was issued, a Michigan jury in the second assisted-suicide trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian reached the same verdict as the jury in his first trial: not guilty...
Arnold found quick success but was not an overwhelming talent. While he played on the local youth circuit and qualified for the big national tournaments, he never found himself at the top of the national rankings. At this point Arnold had to realize that there would be more to his life than tennis, and so the quest for balance began...