Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good old days when religion was respected in America. After all, no one in America feels comfortable publicly thanking God for his or her success in sports, politics, or show business. Whom can we blame for this but the evil, devious, anti-religious liberals? Though we cannot see, hear or smell them, we know that they must be there--in our government, in our schools and even in our homes. Take the advice of your local conservative accuser: protect yourselves, because they're everywhere...
...production when he transforms himself into a rhinoceros on stage. This metamorphosis begins only with a headache but gradually Jean's voice grows hoarse and he begins to pace about his bedroom with his head lowered, breathing heavily and nearly knocking over the concerned Berenger. It is chilling to hear Jean's headstrong rhetoric take on the animal tone of totalitarianism. "I have a goal, I charge straight at it... We must reconstitute the foundations of our life. We must return to the primal integrity..." Though Berenger appeals to him in the name of civilization and morality, Jean is unstoppable...
...rhinoceros runs across the stage in scene one, taking shape as a green spotlight and brought to life by the amazed stares of the cast, it seems farcical. In the final scene, when the green lights shine at the windows of Berenger's little apartment and we can hear the thunder and the braying of the herd outside, they become a terrifying symbol of the inhumanity our human weakness can create. It is not the rhinoceroses outside Berenger's apartment that are so threatening--it is the rhinoceroses that are inside it--the rhinoceroses we become...
...that Friday's play-nice decision to delay the decision on witnesses could still play into Democrats' hands. Unified Democrats would need only six GOP votes to proceed without witnesses -- which leaves Henry Hyde the task of convincing 51 weary jurors that there's more that they need to hear. Meanwhile, the White House legal team bears the schizophrenic burden of planning for the worst while hoping for the best. But it's clearly the Senate's show now, and after nearly morphing into a mad House this week, it had to act its age and take whatever it could...
...staff is rash to ask the Senate to dismiss the impeachment charges and avoid a full trial. The president lied under oath and it is the Senate's responsibility to hear the facts and decide whether that lying constitutes a "high crime." Additionally, only in a full trial might the case for the President's obstruction of justice come to light...