Word: extents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think we have gone through a radicalreassessment [of immigration policy]," Anker said."I don't think any period before this has seen areal alliance among forces on both sides of theissue. That is what fascinates me: the extent towhich that is true and how different groups affectthe outcome of legislation...
Bochco's sly accomplishment is to have concocted a show that, while styling itself as a no-holds-barred look at the legal profession, manages to reaffirm a host of romantic illusions about lawyers. Except for one cartoon villain (the mercenary Brackman, played by Alan Rachins) and to some extent the slick divorce lawyer played by Corbin Bernsen, virtually all the main characters on L.A. Law are upright, principled, sensitive and dedicated. There are few hints that ethical compromises, or even a healthy professional detachment, might be part of the terrain. When Abby Perkins (Michele Greene), one of the firm...
...Harvard Law School graduate said, if selected, he would lead a seven-week study group "devoted to law enforcement as an instrument of public policy, and the extent to which it is an instrument and the extent to which it should and should...
Atlantic Fleet headquarters said two sailors were seriously injured, but the nature and extent of their injuries was not immediately available...
Today's "in" maladies have certain common characteristics: controversy over the extent to which the ailment exists; symptoms so variable that diagnosis is difficult; no simple sure cure, so that everyone from surgeons to quacks feels free to offer therapy. And oh, yes, it helps if someone famous suffers from the affliction. Hypoglycemia fit the bill in the 1970s. The '80s have brought two new worries, fatigue syndrome and something known as TMJ, a painful condition that affects the joints...