Word: fittingly
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...Justice Harry Blackmun conceded that "unlimited jury discretion . . . in the fixing of punitive damages may invite extreme results that jar one's constitutional sensibilities." But, Blackmun concluded, "we need not, and indeed we cannot, draw a mathematical bright line between the constitutionally acceptable and the constitutionally unacceptable that would fit every case...
...with the war coming in the trough of a recession, some companies stopped paying reservists on active duty and were happy to lose the burden. At USAir, 140 pilots were called to the military, but that fit right in with the struggling airline's plans. It furloughed 211 pilots last year and will send an additional 600 their walking papers in 1991. Such companies may have trouble reabsorbing reservists who demand their jobs back, but experts don't expect the phenomenon to have much impact on the U.S. economy, largely because troops will march home in relatively small groups over...
...courtroom fell silent as Kgase painted a devastating portrait of Mandela. He accused her of berating the four victims as "not fit to be alive" and then repeatedly punching them, despite their denials of homosexual conduct. "She asked me why do I make friends with white people?" said Kgase. At one point, he said, she struck him with a whip, "humming a tune and dancing to the rhythm." Kgase testified that some of the worst beatings were reserved for James Moeketsi ("Stompie") Seipei, 14, whom Mrs. Mandela accused of being a police informant. The youth was later found dead. Jerry...
Grease, made legendary by the movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, focuses on the high school romance of Danny Zuko (Adam Freed) and Sandy Dumbrowski (Faith Salie). Their summer fling is put to the test when Sandy unexpectedly enrolls in Rydell, Danny's high school, and must fit in with his friends. They are the decidedly cool T-Birds and Pink Ladies who do not readily accept good girl Dumbrowski. Sandy's eventual conversion into a spandex-clad vixen has Danny on his knees and the rest of Rydell cheering...
...smoky darkness over the city. The electricity had gone off when the allied ground offensive began on Feb. 24, and cars were using their headlights in the choking billows from the oil fires. "It's like a nuclear winter," said Khayhe. "Now that Kuwait is free, it's not fit to live...