Word: dismissals
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...heart attacks and one coronary bypass surgery. And while the appointment of the older and more experienced Cheney is being touted as adding "gravitas" to Bush's campaign, the presumptive veep candidate's health history adds a different note of seriousness that the Republican ticket may find difficult to dismiss...
...know that people have been concerned with your focus on attacking Bush instead of laying a foundation of ideas for your campaign. But remember, to dismiss the other candidate as an intellectual lightweight is not an attack. It's a dismissal. And the sooner you get Bush out of the spotlight with an aristocratic wave of your hand (come on, we both know it's in the blood) the sooner you can get the voters to start focusing on your issues, like the environment or the Internet or whatever (Just a tip: People are generally more concerned about things like...
...Jersey nearly a half-century later in Driving Mr. Albert (Dial Press; 211 pages; $18.95), it turns out to be closer to tragedy. For years the doctor has claimed to be conducting independent research on the purloined remains, but he has produced no findings, and reputable scientists dismiss him as a jerk. A parade of wives and children have abandoned him, and he hasn't practiced medicine in decades--all because of his zealous dedication to the chunks of brain. Now, at 84, Harvey is the kind of wonderfully flawed character writers pray for, and Paterniti's luck has only...
...sharp disagreement over the extent of the supposed threat to America's cities. Advocates, led by hawkish Republicans and their allies in the military and the arms industry, insist that North Korea could be in a position to drop warheads on your home town by 2005; critics dismiss this timetable. And even if Pyongyang, whose missile program has been dormant for the past two years, could muster the technical wherewithal to develop such long-range missiles, the naysayers argue, there are a growing number of political and economic factors militating against North Korea's pursuing this course...
...case, brought by James Dale of Monmouth, N.J., challenged the Scouts' dismissal of Dale, which everyone agreed was based solely on the plaintiff's sexual orientation. Dale was long considered a golden boy of the Scouts, rising through the ranks to receive a prestigious Eagle Scout badge. In 1992, a member learned that Dale was gay, and proceeded to dismiss him from his position as an assistant scoutmaster...