Word: defunction
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...arguing that Hill was professionally incompetent and unable to adjust to a high-powered life in Washington. He lays this failing at the door of affirmative action, perhaps forgetting that mediocrity respects no racial boundaries. Brock suggests that Hill was fired from her first job at the now-defunct law firm, Wald, Harkrader and Ross, because of incompetence and sought to camouflage this incompetence by leveling charges of sexual harassment...
Maybe the Democrats need some charismatic leaders in the Congress to have a truly united liberal front. Gone are the days of Sam Rayburn, Tip O'Neill, and Robert Byrd. Maybe those politicians are just too worried about being re-elected by now-defunct Reagan Democrats. As for the "I need a new term to do even more good" excuse, it basically describes campaign rhetoric for the last hundred years...
Lollapalooza began three years ago as the inspiration of singer Perry Farrell of the now defunct group Jane's Addiction; this year the tour visits more than 20 cities. Today Rage Against the Machine, a thrash metal band, performs first. Many of the 25,000 concertgoers surge to the front, churning up a cloud of dust that will hang in front of the stage all day like a dirty shower curtain. The lead singer is wailing "F you, I won't do what you tell me," again and again and later attacks the price of Lollapalooza souvenirs. "We like this...
...legislative initiatives this year galvanized Democrats in Congress, Cabinet officers and White House aides into intervening with the policy-addicted President. A show of force, went the thinking, might budge Clinton into lightening his legislative load. Otherwise, Clinton's many cherished proposals might all go the way of his defunct economic-stimulus package...
Shapiro is eight years into a related addiction, Rotisserie League Baseball, invented by LIFE managing editor Dan Okrent and named for a defunct Manhattan restaurant. This week Shapiro joins 11 otherwise sane "club owners" at a tavern for a fantasy auction of every player in the American League. The pennant winner shows the best aggregate statistics at season's end. Shapiro hopes that reporting for this week's story will give him a scouting edge...