Word: detailism
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When John Ashcroft faces his former Senate colleagues, the Judiciary Committee's Democrats will come armed with his past. Liberal groups have been kind enough to send them every detail of his record. Their No. 1 concern--like that of many Americans polled by TIME/CNN--is whether he will enforce laws he doesn't agree with. Here's a preview of what the Democrats will grill...
...reports, the state attorneys general--who had to sign off on the deal--took a harder line than Justice on what the remedy should be, causing the mediator, Judge Richard Posner, to throw up his hands. The book's main flaw is one of pacing: there's too much detail on the trial and too little on Judge Jackson's order to divide up Microsoft...
Maybe I'm bitter that I don't have DHA's. Maybe I'm angry that I found time to pull myself away from Tony Hawk long enough to study 180 "Alexander the Great" slides crammed with more insignificant detail than Dennis Miller's commentary, only to have my final turned into a Wesley Snipes action movie...
...games? In terms of performance the PS2 games obviously outshine their predecessors. The graphics are the first noticeable improvement. The PS2's faster processor means more detail, smoother movement and rounder edges. Load times appear to be faster than with the PS1, although now much more information is loading, so the wait can still be a while. However, in terms of fun or radical new gaming directions, the PS2 has yet to offer anything new. (See related Tekken Tag Tournament review...
...Harvard examination system is designed, according to its promulgators, to test two specific things: knowledge of trends and knowledge of detail. Men approaching the examination problem have three choices: 1.) flunking out; 2.) doing work; or 3.) working out some system of fooling the grader. The first choice of solution is too permanent and the second takes too long...