Word: familiarizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...RIGHTS the people possess, Madison and Hamilton felt, were so numerous that it would be impossible to avoid omitting many in a bill of rights. Worse still, the government and the courts might very well consider the rights specifically enumerated as the only ones the people possessed. Sound familiar...
...horror home to a place where the grownup moviegoer actually lives. Men will suddenly, squirmingly, recall times when they barely escaped the consequences of their caprices. Women have been seen emerging from this movie wearing secret smiles. Their surrogate may be a nut case, but she is also a familiar case, and there are sisterly pleasures in seeing her madly prosecute...
Miami Herald Police Reporter Edna Buchanan's graphic account of the McDuffie case and its aftermath is buried in The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat, to be published next month (Random House; 288 pages; $17.95). She reported the story and remains unconvinced by defense arguments that McDuffie died of crash injuries. The balance of the book is a recollecting of her 16-year career as Miami's murder maven. "I have reported more than 5,000 violent deaths," she boasts. "Many of the corpses have had familiar faces: cops and killers, politicians and prostitutes...
...potential to transform the industry. Says Marc Cohen, a consumer-goods expert at the Sanford C. Bernstein investment firm: "The $64,000 question is: How will consumers react to it? Will smokers be satisfied? Will nonsmokers be satisfied?" If the answer is yes, the smoggy poker game, and other familiar scenes, could become a thing of the past...
Although the two squads have not played each other since 1971, a 17-7 Harvard victory in Joe Restic's first as head coach, they are familiar preseason foes. In the eight years prior to this one, Harvard and Northeastern have squared off in preseason contests. Two years ago, Harvard won. Last year, Northeastern finished...