Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seeking money or publicity and because she seems linked to people hoping for political gain. Moreover, her account is ultimately uncheckable: only two people were in the room. But even if true, some editors question its relevance. It took place before Clinton was President, and one essential element -- that he was an imperfect husband -- is not exactly news. There has been a tacit standard that his pre-presidential peccadillos were absolved when he and his wife discussed them on 60 Minutes during the campaign...
...last week a jury in Plymouth County found the priest guilty, and he was sentenced to three concurrent life terms for the rape of Wood. Said district attorney William O'Malley: "He's a pedophile who happens to be a priest. The rape of a child involves some element of betrayal of trust, whether it's a boy scout leader or a high school coach...
...true personal touch, a romantic passion. Perhaps it is the constant, invasive hum of the terminals and the harsh florescent lights. Or the horde of computer hacker sitting in the other seats. In any case, Eliot House Drama Society's production of Love Letters attempts to retrieve that missing element. Its response to the modern malaise is the resurrection of a lost art, the practice of real letter-writing...
...system of only allowing students admission to their own houses lacks any logic whatsoever. Certainly, the card keys increase Harvard students' protection from Cambridge's criminals. Yet limited inter-house access almost presumes a criminal element among the student body. Why would someone living in Mather automatically constitute more of a threat to a Quincy resident than another Quincy resident...
...think there was a strong element ofself-interest in protesting against the war," Eppssays. "people's lives were at stake...