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...testimony at moments of the most intense pressure. Monday, Dec. 11, Boies to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "The language you're referring to is at page 268 of the Southern Reporter." The Southern Reporter? When did Boies memorize the Southern freaking Reporter? His wife says his ability to distinguish that which matters from that which doesn't makes it appear that he has a prodigious memory when "all he's really doing is just remembering the important things." Boies puts it this way: "I remember things because they're important...
...Then we met Gore's lawyers, led by the imperturbably brilliant David Boies, who was heroic for a lawyer but made lousy company for a would-be statesman. And Gore, his cause completely wrapped up in theirs, made few successful attempts to distinguish himself from his legal lieutenants and their try-anything battle plan, which even a non-president must sometimes do for appearances' sake...
...Larson found it difficult to distinguish herself at the crowded WUSA Combine, in which the 200 invited players competed in a series of games in Boca Raton, Florida throughout the week preceding the draft. Both Zotter and Larson suggested that coaches were picking mainly based on name recognition...
...walls of the Loeb Ex, adorned with pages of Wilde's works, serve as a continuous reminder of Wilde's influence. Yet no set is needed, for the actors are successful in leading the audience in a trip through Wilde's memory. Lighting changes mark the transition of time, distinguish between locations and mark the importance of each speech through a clever system of backlights and spots. We may never leave the physical space of the courtroom, but the lights guide the audience to hotels, ship galleys, restaurants and private dwellings...
...Through more interactions, Kismet could learn, 'When I'm in this state, I can take this action that leads to a person's taking this behavior and getting my needs satiated,'" Breazeal says. She also wants Kismet to be able to remember the people it meets, so it can distinguish old friends from people it is meeting for the first time...