Word: defective
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...glassware still passes through up to 40 pairs of hands, and master cutter Jim O'Shea still keeps about 400 designs in his head. But today, the chance of a flawed piece of glassware leaving Waterford is less likely than ever: a modern quality-control system flags any defect on computer screens...
...Bush, already under fire for being cozy with special interests, is likely to sign what Congress passes--even if it is McCain's measure, which he opposes. So both sides are playing hardball to win. G.O.P. leaders are threatening to strip Republican Representatives of choice committee assignments if they defect, according to House sources. "That's hogwash," says...
...judged legally insane in Texas, it's not enough to be depressed. You can be very blue but know you're not supposed to kill someone. Texas law says you're insane if you have a mental disease or defect--and you didn't know your conduct was wrong at the time. There's no scientific test. The jury has the almost impossible task of jumping into the accused's mind at the time of the offense...
...classic CIA operation. Democrats had targeted Jeffords as a possible party switcher practically from the day he came to Congress 26 years ago. Daschle, a former Air Force intelligence officer, knew that spymasters don't have a chance of bagging a high-value defector unless he is eager to defect. Even then, he has to be slowly and carefully cultivated. By last month, Jeffords seemed ready to come over. His disenchantment with the Republican Party had been building for months...
...Douglas Waller:Key Senate Democrats like Harry Reid (the minority whip from Nevada) have been intensively wooing Jeffords to try to get him to defect from the Republican Party. And while the efforts have definitely stepped up over the last couple of weeks, it has just been an intensification of a long history of wooing; because of his propensity to vote with Democrats as often as he votes with Republicans, Jeffords has been a target for defection his entire Senate career...