Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MacPhee also suggested there was an element of hypocrisy to the plaintiffs' efforts to punish him for asking the court to move the case out of Boston...
Analysts are cautiously optimistic about the proposal. Says Larry Brossman, vice president of Duff & Phelps, a credit-rating company: "It may lead the way for others not in as much trouble as Equitable." The unknown element: the nearly 3 million policyholders whom Equitable hopes to convert to shareholders by getting them to vote yes for the plan...
...play maintains a comic pitch even at its most tense and powerful moments. Billy turns his sense of betrayal and anger into a catalyst for self-knowledge as he incessantly jokes about his illness throughout the play. But this comic element underscores the paradox that the play adresses: the "insane" are more sane than the "sane." As Teddy jokes to Irene at one point, "He's insane, you know, which is advantageous...because it's curable, while sanity...
...owner Joe Conforte denied having secretly placed the winning bid, entered by a lawyer who is the brother of Conforte's attorney. Among those who had expressed interest in the property were a nursing home and a halfway house. Whoever winds up with the Mustang may lack one key element: the special use permit that allowed it to operate as a brothel. Storey County yanked the license last month and may not give it back...
Signal U.S. resolve. If passed, a congressional resolution would help convince Iraq of U.S. determination -- and prepare the American people for war, should it become necessary. Congressional deliberations would not deprive the U.S. and its allies of the element of surprise. Saddam's troops are already on full alert; they could be no more certain when an allied attack might come after a congressional vote than they...