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...control. The appeals court, he said, had held the school district to an overly strict standard in determining when the desegregation order could be dissolved. Rehnquist declared that such court control of schools was not meant "to operate in perpetuity," even though a court was entitled to examine "every facet of school operations" before lifting a busing order...
Nonetheless, most investigators of the epidemic believe early detection is only part of the story. They look at the fact that breast cancer is far less common in other parts of the world and conclude, ominously, that the answer lies in some facet of the American life-style. "Something in our environment is contributing," contends Dr. Marc Lippman of Georgetown University...
That spare-no-expense approach can apply to every facet of moviemaking. Disney has gone about $5 million over budget on Dick Tracy, in part because the studio decided, five months after the film had been shot, to upgrade the 57 matte-painting backdrops that were used to help create a comic-book appearance. The improved matte work includes twinkling lights and moving boats and cars. Paramount had to frantically accelerate the editing of Days of Thunder to get the film ready for its summer release. The speedup meant that crews had to work around the clock, piling up mountains...
...troika. I seem him first as a communist. Second, he's a Russian nationalist. Maybe we should say he's proud of his country; he's a patriot. His purpose is not to abandon communism but to save it. But he also has another facet, which at times overrides the other two, that he is a great, pragmatic politician. And as a pragmatic politician, he sometimes will overrule even his basic communist instincts, or even his national instincts, in the event that his political survival requires...
Harvard continued to roll over Penn in the second half, dominating the Quakers in every facet of the game. The offensive hero for the Crimson was Beth Wambach. The junior guard led all scorers with 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting and controlled the tempo of the game, adding five assists...