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...anticrime package, by contrast, benefited from time pressure and partisan bickering. Some major provisions would end parole for federal prisoners, provide guidelines for judges to set fixed-length sentences for those convicted of federal crimes, and authorize imprisonment for defendants awaiting trial whom a judge considers too dangerous to release on bail...
Both candidates, like skillful attorneys, phrase their campaign speeches to appeal to the "jury's" ear, so that those few seconds of precious film will be broadcast at six p.m. The phrasing of the "jury's" questions--which at the debate averaged a ridiculous 95 words in length--becomes crucial to the message left with the voters. At this particular debate, the panelists were allowed to phrase the same question in subtly different terms for each candidate, a common practice in the campaign as a whole. Perception, nuance, image--all concepts antithetical to the creed of objective journalism...
Landry, unassisted, smashed the ball past Brophy, prompting goalie Whitley to run down the length of the field and join the reveling huddle around Harvard's all-time leading scorer...
...price schedules are often a bewildering maze of choices and restrictions. A coast-to-coast flight on a full-service carrier like United Airlines may have dozens of different fares that hinge on such variables as when tickets are bought and the length of a traveler's stay. Moreover, the price of flights of comparable distances may differ widely, depending on how much competition exists on that route. To make matters more confusing, carriers keep close watch on one another's prices and adjust their own prices accordingly. United alone makes 3,500 fare changes...
Despite Arlen's grand theme, his book feels slight. He has turned to book-length fiction comparatively late in life; evidently it is not his natural form. Even so, Arlen has sound instincts about human nature: Tom is wholly believable in his fumbling attempts to launch a just-us-guys friendship with his father's latest collaborator; Sam's mistress Maria performs a convincing balancing act between servility and possession. Arlen's prose, if too painstakingly crafted, is at once taut and richly evocative. And in its glimpses of combat between father...