Word: extents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most recent sideshow attraction are also intensely predictable, which keeps the movie from really lifting off. Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon all give their best shot to keeping the ball in the air, but for one thing, their presence is almost arbitrary in many scenes to the extent that Mary's humor is all visual and only rarely connected to dialogue; poor Cameron could be reciting Rilke beneath those "hair gel"-enhanced bangs and no one would know the difference. Then again, everyone else seems to have had a ball. Whatever there is about Mary, I didn...
Besides existing laws aimed at ensuring that colleges accurately report the extent of alcohol problems on campus, the Senate recently passed a resolution aimed at binge drinking itself...
Certainly polls have been used before, but never to this extent. It has become routine for polls to accompany even the most up-to-date breaking stories. Incredibly, we knew how most Americans felt about the Starr Report and Clinton's testimony before most of us had the chance to weigh the evidence for ourselves...
Anyway, whether or not women in Peoria have performed such elaborate thought experiments, people often take account of a perpetrator's genetic and environmental factors. The troubled child's genes for hyperactivity or his history of parental abuse earn him some leniency. To the extent that our knowledge allows, we try to ask, What if we really were in his shoes...
This fall the airlines are adding a new layer of complexity. As part of three major alliances--Northwest with Continental (still pending), Delta with United and American with US Airways--members will be able to earn miles on either carrier and, to a certain extent, pool them. But while that might grant flyers more options, it could also limit competition and further increase already sky-high demand for free seats. Frequent-flyer programs are shrouded in secrecy, but according to Randy Petersen, editor of the trade magazine InsideFlyer, most airlines make only about 7% of seats on a major route...