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...somewhat surprising that the most vehement critics of debates frequently agree that at least some of their defects might be remedied by staging more of them, perhaps four per campaign. That would lessen the crisis atmosphere, reduce the importance of a single miscue or devastating punch line ("There you go again") and-who knows?-perhaps even permit some real exploration of issues. Many experts also argue for changes in format. The leading suggestion is to have candidates question each other, with a moderator to enforce some rules. That would cut down on evasions, enable misstatements to be challenged immediately...
...general, own property, testify in court against her husband, sign a contract or keep her earnings. The tyrant responsible for her plight, according to the Declaration of Seneca Falls, was Man, who "has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lessen her self-respect, and to make her willing to lead a dependent and abject life...
...with money from Merrill Lynch's sale to investors of $90 million in short-term notes. The real rescue money, though, will come from users, who face rate hikes of 60% during the next five or six years. Seabrook defenders point out that the project will sharply lessen the state's dependence on foreign oil, whose price rises drove up bills by as much...
...goal of the SEC recommendations is the elimination of defensive tactics that preserve the jobs of incumbent management but lessen the value of the company to shareholders. Such stratagems can include buying back company stock and issuing "poison pills," like preferred stock, which dilute the value of other outstanding shares. The Carter Hawley Hale department store chain has used both techniques in fending off a takeover attempt by The Limited. So far, its tactics have succeeded. The Limited Chairman Leslie Wexner said last week that his firm's tender offer will not be extended, though he hopes to make...
Jimmy was then transferred to Children's Memorial, where doctors gave him massive doses of barbiturates to maintain his coma, a technique increasingly used in head-injury patients. Reason: the drugs reduce the brain's need for oxygen and glucose and lessen the chance of swelling...