Word: expertly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spirit of the age in which he lived?" Our hero replies by opening his essay with "David Hume, the great Scottish philosopher, brought empiricism to its logical extreme. If this be the spirit of the age in which he lived then he was representative of it." This generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, vurtually...
...over 40 can be tested for free, a recent study found that only 15% actually agreed to have it done. Physicians point out that the exams often fail to detect smaller cancers and those that originate on the front of the gland. The method is also subjective. One expert remarked that all he can tell his medical students is that the gland feels "like the soft skin at the base of the thumb" while a tumor feels "like a knuckle." Concluded Dr. William Cooner, a PSA expert at the University of South Alabama: "The rectal examination has served us very...
...injury to expert defender Mike Kramer halfway through the second frame did not aid the Crimson either. After being nailed in the windpipe while fighting for the ball in front of the Crimson cage, Kramer was taken directly to the hospital...
...states where there is a cap on both fees and legal expenses. Arkansas imposes a $100 limit on expenses and a $1,000 maximum on lawyer's fees. California, by contrast, routinely approves two lawyers for capital cases, pays them each an average of $75 an hour, and covers expert services, such as private investigators, which typically add $5,000 a month more to the defense tab. The state bill in an uncomplicated case comes to about $25,000, whereas in Arkansas, says Stevenson of the Resource Center, "we're asking lawyers to work for $1 an hour." Next month...
...efforts, interviewing Kelley; she was too busy. While researching the story, however, Hirshey received a number of unsolicited letters, some unsigned, all postmarked from different parts of the country, most offering flattering tidbits about Kelley's childhood and professional life. Hirshey sent the notes to a former CIA forensics expert, along with samples of Kelley's business correspondence. The expert concluded that three of the letters had been typed on the same machine that Kelley used for her business mail. (Reached by TIME last week, the expert confirmed the analysis.) When Hirshey queried Kelley's lawyer about the typewriter...