Word: displays
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THOSE #&%* EDITORS! They made 86 cuts and changes ("mutilations," said the author), but the work still became an American best seller. Last week Thomas Jefferson got to say the last word, every single one, when the full draft of his Declaration of Independence went on display at the Newseum in Arlington, Va., on loan from the New York Public Library. An angry Jefferson underlined Congress's changes. One of its telling deletions: a denunciation of King George for maintaining slavery...
...that once the runners are in the arena, tradition and a bloodthirsty crowd demand that each bull be let back out of the corral for a second crack at the humans. Participants are then expected to whack the beast's behind with a rolled-up newspaper. It is this display, not the initial run, that causes the most reckless injuries: On Monday alone, this correspondent witnessed a young Croatian being knocked unconscious in a graphic display of El Toro's fury. Most of the victims, of course, are foreigners; as long as travel agencies continue to offer Club Med-style...
...tremendous amount of injustices that often come your way." She was just warming up to the subject, when into her booth came Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy's youngest son and editor of Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy. In a breathtaking display of obtuseness, he said to Rice, "Max Kennedy. I was on that boat, the Monkey Business, for about 10 days. Wasn't it the most fun boat you've ever been on?" Small pause. "No," replied a dignified Rice, taking the high road, turning the other cheek, working through...
There are two little black clocks in John Koskinen's office inside the White House complex. They display not the time of day but how much time is left until the Year 2000. Time is something Koskinen desperately needs more of. He's in charge of making sure the U.S. government's computers don't crash come...
Junior forward Jen Gerometta, the Crimson's third leading scorer, continued to display the quickness that has made her an offensive threat for the past two seasons. Gerometta's toughness and physical style of play are also unmatched by any member of the Crimson...