Word: dint
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...case seems legally and practically intractable, Brockovich convinces Masry to represent some local plaintiffs. In the end, the case balloons to national proportions and results in the largest direct-action settlement in the history of American justice—$333 million. It’s a story that, by dint of its real-life unbelievability, lends itself perfectly to biographical film, and indeed serves as a sort of paradigm for all future ventures in that genre...
...days. He announced that nine Cabinet members would soon be taking to the commercial skies to make various appearances, and before getting back on Air Force One, he once again sought to keep the airlines - and all the parts the economy that find themselves lost without them - airborne by dint of transferred bravery. "With all these measures we are returning America's airlines back to the American people," he said. "We will not surrender our freedom to travel...
...work cut out; the massive intelligence failure that allowed the tragedy of 9/11 to take place was born of interagency rivalries and fiefdoms that won?t easily be brought down. There have been real successes at stopping terror; the millennium celebration was spared explosions by dint of the work of the FBI and CIA and similar agencies in Jordan and other countries. But still, reshaping the bureaucracy to be as nimble as the enemy won?t be easy. And as conservatives love to point out, throwing money at the problem is no solution...
...work cut out; the massive intelligence failure that allowed the tragedy of 9/11 to take place was born of interagency rivalries and fiefdoms that won?t easily be brought down. There have been real successes at stopping terror; the millennium celebration was spared explosions by dint of the work of the FBI and CIA and similar agencies in Jordan and other countries. But still, reshaping the bureaucracy to be as nimble as the enemy won?t be easy. And as conservatives love to point out, throwing money at the problem is no solution...
...knows it. "A lot of the heavy lifting is going to have to come out of the House," Hastert told TIME. In the beginning, Bush took the G.O.P.-controlled House for granted and focused his attention on the troublesome, evenly split Senate, where his party clung to power by dint of Dick Cheney's tie-breaking vote. But once Democrats took control of the upper chamber, Bush needed Hastert to pass bills as close to the President's liking as possible so he could have maximum bargaining room when the Senate and House meet in conference. For Hastert, "this could...