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...culture, rails against the chip as bringing us "one step closer to government control of what we see on television." While the Senate bill calls for broadcasters to devise their own rating system, it mandates the government to appoint a commission to do so if TV programmers fail to construct one within a year. Such industry agreement seems unlikely...
Jean-Pierre Frohlich, an assistant ballet master who has worked with Robbins often, says that to make the dancers think in terms of character, Robbins had them construct a biography for each one. The women reveled in the costumes. At rehearsal, they twirled around in the swing skirts popular in the '50s, getting the feel of cinched waists and ruffles-very different from the Ts and minis of today...
...when I saw him last, I think he was in good spirits." Jones has not yet disclosed whether he will seek a change of venue for the trial, but does say McVeigh wishes to plead not guilty. "I tell clients, based on what you tell me, I will construct a defense. If you're lying, it will crumble," Jones says. "I don't view this association with McVeigh as a suicide pact," he adds. "All I can say is, let's not have a prejudgment...
...construct a psychological profile of the terrorist, investigators have tried to figure out his motives and how he thinks. In particular, they have studied his choice of targets and bomb-making style, which has always been quirky and meticulous. The Unabomber's devices are generally handcrafted, with many parts, including tiny levers, carved from wood. fbi forensics experts have found everything from scrap wood to pieces of mahogany and other hardwoods used in furniture. One bomb contained a twig from a cherry tree. The bomber makes some of his own metal parts too, including pins and even screws. Then...
...true that Mandela's government of national unity has so far built fewer than 1,000 of the 1 million houses it promised to construct in five years. It is also true that the unemployment rate among blacks remains at 41% and that the whites still own 75% of the land, although they make up only 13% of the population. But it is not by numbers that the new South Africa must be measured; rather it is by the psychological sea change that this long-troubled land has undergone...