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...Administration that often lacked ethical bearings. Aides admit she has a social worker's soft side that often gets the better of her, as it did in her handling of the Elian Gonzalez case. And congressional Republicans regard her by-the-book reading of laws as a knee-jerk reluctance to prosecute--especially when questions are raised about her bosses...
Until now, Fugit, the 17-year-old actor from Salt Lake City, Utah, who snagged the role of Crowe's teen self, has been seen mostly in bit parts on television. "Usually I played a jerk," he says. "I did a made-for-TV movie--I was a jerk and got eaten by ants. On Touched by an Angel, I burned down a mentally-retarded kid's house...
...administration that often lacked ethical bearings. Aides admit she has a social worker's soft side that often gets the better of her, as it did in her handling of the Elian Gonzalez case. And congressional Republicans regard her by-the-book reading of laws as a knee-jerk reluctance to prosecute - especially when questions are raised about her bosses...
...routinely, and repeatedly, lift a groaning bar with a couple hundred pounds. Buff football players pass by, not even bothering to hide their admiration. In competition she has lifted 264 lbs. in the snatch (lifting the weight overhead in one motion) and 319 lbs. in the clean and jerk (lifting the weight first to the chest, then over head...
...present, marijuana maintains an illogical berth in the roster of illegal drugs; the DEA website lists it alongside heroin and methamphetamine as a "drug of concern." Meanwhile, the lack of serious national debate surrounding the use of marijuana has left the country?s attitudes stagnant, with a knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of any "illegal" drug meaning political estrangement for any politician willing to broach the topic...