Word: finely
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...catch-all provision that allows it to bring in the background, record and character of the defendant. Accordingly, Jones will call witnesses from McVeigh's past with the hope of humanizing him and showing that up until April 19, 1995, he was a decent young man and fine soldier. Richard Burr, a soft-spoken death-penalty expert who is conducting the defense case in the penalty phase, told the jury that McVeigh is a man "who could be your son, who could be your brother, who could be your grandson...
Like the President, most Americans just aren't sweating the fine points of the capital-punishment debate. While executions are being abolished in most parts of the planet--exceptions include Iran, Iraq, China, Yemen and some former Soviet states--Americans seem to want more of them, with fewer appeals and delays. Thanks to Congress and the courts, they're getting their wish--especially in the "Death Belt" states of Texas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama, which together account for 78% of the executions America has seen since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty...
...broke but I'm happy I'm poor but I'm kind... I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby What it all comes down to Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is giving a high five...
Believe in institutions--governments, universities, families, all that. No one believes in institutions anymore, not even the institutions, but endurance is not chopped liver. You are an institution (quite a fine one, if your mother and I are any judge), a composition of tested parts that have evolved into a body that stands...
...might expect McCartney, as an elder statesman of rock, to be a grump about the state of today's pop music, but he actually thinks it's going along quite fine. He even has (mostly) generous things to say about Oasis, the aggressively youthful British rock band that in recent years has been accused of ripping off the Beatles' sound. Says McCartney: "I like the fact that they're live and they can play their instruments. I like the fact that they honor us by using us as their source, so it's a tribute. I certainly...