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Bush had made reform of so-called habeas corpus petitions a hallmark of his anti-crime proposal...
...chief requires her to help keep watch over one of TIME's most crucial bureaus. But her feel for day-to-day journalism ensures that she spends much of her time reporting and writing as well. And what writing. Carlson's flavorful prose, lucid, tart and funny, is the hallmark of a journalist who sees even the biggest stories in distinctly human terms. "Being a reporter in Washington is like talking across one big backyard fence," she says. "Congress, the White House, the people at the agencies -- they're always trading stories with each other and with the press...
...those who know Kessler invariably comment on his more human side. Everyone has a Hallmark-card story about him. It usually involves some very sick child and the extra effort Kessler went to in order to make life a little better. As a resident at Johns Hopkins, he arranged for a day at the ball park for a child dying of cancer. He is also a dedicated family man who makes time for baseball and bedtime stories with his two kids...
Doctors at Harlem Hospital studied 70 such toddlers just under age 2 and found that almost all were slow in learning to talk and that more than half had impaired motor and social skills. An inability to distinguish between mothers and strangers is another hallmark of crack-exposed youngsters...
...hallmark of her choreography, as well as her performances, was fierce concentration and intensity. She went for the biggest, broadest gesture, the most vivid rage, the most startling image of love. What interested her was not the airiness and elevation of ballet. She made the earth her touchstone and reveled in the downward pull of gravity...