Word: jims
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...federal politicians are pushing hardest to extend family caps everywhere. Missouri Representative Jim Talent is honest enough to say, "We may have to revisit the scholarly underpinnings of our argument, but on the other hand, everyone has a study, right?" Florida Representative Clay Shaw, who pushed the family cap through the House, simply ignores the Rutgers findings: "We have found through our studies that there are kids out there who are having children because of the cash they're going to receive...
...sophomore, Henson took six months off tohelp her father, Jim Henson, make The MuppetMovie, according to Crimson accounts at the time...
...most disturbing thing about Thomas is not his conclusions, but his twisted reasoning and bilious rage. In his written opinions, he begins with premises that no self-respecting black would disagree with, then veers off into a neverland of color-blind philosophizing in which all race-based policies, from Jim Crow laws designed to oppress minorities to affirmative-action measures seeking to assist them, are conflated into one morally and legally pernicious whole. He delights in gratuitously tongue-lashing the majority of blacks who disagree with him on almost every civil rights issue. He heaps scorn on federal judges...
...Lots of characters too. Robin (Chris O'Donnell) joins the series, which undercuts Batman's heroic loneliness. Nicole Kidman, as the requisite love interest, is little more than a party decoration. And two villains are too many. Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Jim Carrey as the Riddler have dueling star turns, with Carrey winning, of course; he can torture the most innocent banalities, like a simple "Well, yes," into delirious comedy. At the end he's still there, potentially available for a fourth Batman...
...announced it had acquired the Lotus Development Corp. for more than $3.5 billion as the two companies came to friendly terms less than a week after IBM made a hostile bid for the software firm. Lotus CEO Jim Manzi won guarantees that the company will retain its employee-friendly environment and a large degree of autonomy...