Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Others laugh more heartily at this than Young does. The exact degree of Young's blackness has always been a matter of debate in and around the S.C.L.C. Nor does Lowery let the matter drop. "We were just over in Cape Town, where they have all these degrees of color -- whites, Indians, coloreds, blacks. I don't know just where I'd put you, Andy" -- with an appraising look at him across the dais -- "somewhere between white and Indian and colored...
Down the block, Cambridge Booksmith (nee Paperback Booksmith), at 25 Brattle St., is the exact opposite of the Coop. Understated and decidedly unglitzy, the Booksmith looks more like a book warehouse. But don't be fooled--its unpretentious paperback offerings are inexpensive and throrough, and bear the mark of a well-read staff...
...what eventually happened shocked all. Wisconsin's Badgers beat the Crimson by a whopping 4.34 seconds--almost the exact time by which the Harvard men had blown the same team away only a month ago at the Eastern Sprints...
...want to play that I haven't been able to yet," he offers. "Like improvising. That can be a very spiritual experience. Stuff you don't even know pours out. I want to become more tuned into pulling off the notes I hear in my head at the exact moment I hear them. It's a lifelong goal." Stay tuned...
Nonetheless, anyone who has ever endured a public insult can understand why juries act as they do. Words hurt. Juries cannot alleviate pain, but they can, for vengeance's sake, exact a pound of flesh. Their motivation for doing so is reinforced by the perceived indifference of the press to individuals' rights and sensibilities. Though many newspapers have established corrections policies, few offer the aggrieved a hearing before an impartial arbiter. No arbitration process will stave off all lawsuits, of course. But until more news organizations create other remedies for the aggrieved, they and their attorneys will constantly...