Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cleveland on Monday and Chicago yesterday, President Clinton was in his element, extending his arms to adoring crowds and promising to defend middle class values against ravenous Washington lobbyists. That is where he belongs, talking to the people, assuring them that he understands their needs, and reminding them why they voted for him. He should not forget that George Bush's popularity plunge was the product of his seemingly callous remoteness from the populace. ("Message: I care" didn...
...agent makes plain that Koresh knew of the raid in advance -- and that top ATF officials were alerted to this before it got under way. Top officials, who steadily maintained that they had launched the raid unaware that Koresh had been forewarned, are now shifting tack. "The element of surprise does not mean they don't know you're coming. Only that they can't take control," says ATF intelligence chief David Troy. That explanation does not wash with the agents who anonymously charge that they were knowingly sent into a deathtrap...
...violence based on their race, sex, religion or sexual orientation." If the court struck down these laws, he adds, "the decision would cast a long shadow of doubt over all antidiscrimination measures and much of criminal law because the state of mind of the offenders is typically a critical element of how crimes are defined and how punishment is meted...
...course, as with all other activities at Harvard, there's the element of personal satisfaction that comes from achieving excellence...
...works on a number of levels throughout the performance. In the sisters' mockery of dance both in their home and later in-front of the ball, and in their interplay with the Shakespearean court jester (dressed in the Lampoon's purple, red and yellow), the sisters offer an unexpected element of hilarity to romance and of mockery to ballet's conservatism. While offering comic relief, the cross-gender casting also fits into the old English tradition of en travestie, linking theater to dance. Finally, stylistically, the stage presence of two giant stepsisters dwarf the waif-like Cinderella, played by Jennifer...