Word: forthings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when the text was forgotten, truths of her soul were brought forth by the flash of her hands and the serene voice that is only hers. One convoluted question came from the back of the theatre, read rather than spoken due to its length. After a pause and recuperation from the audience, Whoopi lucidly gave an unrehearsed answer with confidence...
...only explanation came from Rep. Steve Chabot. "I think we're just going forth, trying to make sure that we've got all the evidence," offered the Ohio Republican. "I think that we're making some real progress." Although the direction of that progress was unclear, committee chair Henry Hyde renewed his vow to have the whole inquiry wrapped up by the New Year. Democrats, of course, are equally keen to get it over with -? which is why they raised no objection to Lindsey's appearance and agreed to waive that contentious attorney-client privilege (much to Bill Clinton...
...video also made a more subtle point: that Gates is just a bit loopy. The Gates in the video--shown to a packed courtroom over three large monitors--paused for 20 seconds or more while formulating some answers. When the going got tough, he rocked back and forth in his chair like a toy dog in a car window. He testily parsed fine distinctions (Microsoft's "deal" with Apple vs. their "relationship") and professed to be nonplussed by common Anglo-Saxon words ("I have no idea what you're talking about when you say 'ask.'"). At times the wiry, high...
...totally hot guy in my Philosophy tutorial was talking about the categorical imperative and why Kant was wrong to propose its unconditional supremacy over the hypothetical imperative. He attacked the premise of autonomous will in an argument by reductio ad absurdum, taking it to the Objectionist extreme as put forth by Ayn Rand. I was all, like, impressed, and wanted to show him that I was smart too, so I was about to bring up the need for primary AND secondary laws in a society--and then I farted. Everyone heard me, even the proseminar on Hegel next door...
Naturally, the third set was a mirror image of the first two--back-and-forth and very tense...