Word: commonality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time it [legal doctrine] fit in well with the way that people understand how the universe ticks," referring to the once common belief that animals lacked intelligence...
...time it [legal doctrine] fit in well with the way that people understand how the universe ticks," referring to the once common belief that animals lacked intelligence...
...Roma people ? were nomadic tribesmen skilled in crafts and music who were scattered westward more than a thousand years ago by successive waves of war and occupation. Passing through the Persian, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, they settled throughout Asia Minor, the Arab world, the Balkans and Europe but maintained common threads of language, culture, music and religious belief throughout their diaspora. But rarely have their host countries made them feel welcome. They were legally able to be enslaved in Europe until the mid-19th century, and the hostility they suffered throughout the continent reached its zenith during World...
...Transportation Department statistics, the Atlanta-based airline leads the industry in passenger "bumping," having denied boarding to 8,144 passengers in the first three months of this year ? nearly as many as the other nine major carriers combined. As any traveler can tell you, getting bumped is a common enough occurrence ? it happens when airlines sell more tickets than seats on the premise that some folks won?t show up ? and airlines are required to compensate the bumpee with upgrades or cash equivalents. But if you absolutely, positively have to be there on time, watching the plane doors shut...
...together the life of Benjamin Smith, looking for closure. One almost hopes they find something original and horrible about the 21-year-old Smith, something to assure us there are few out there like him. Because so far, the scariest thing about Benjamin Smith is that he sounds quite common...