Word: lessers
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Another alternative, tried in California but recently abolished by the legislature, is the doctrine of "diminished capacity." A defendant charged with first-degree murder, for example, could be convicted of a lesser offense like manslaughter, and thus receive a shorter prison term, if he was unable to "maturely and meaningfully reflect upon the gravity of his contemplated...
...lesser celebrity here, thank God," Berger says. "Al Pacino moved into town. So did Ellen Burstyn. An actress came to look at our rented house. I'm so out of it, I didn't know who Jessica Lange...
...This is the dilemma that faces Broadway artists and entrepreneurs. The Shuberts and Nederlanders have demonstrated that show business can make money. The R.S.C., and to a lesser extent artists on Broadway and off, prove that it can make vital theater. The challenge ahead is to reconcile these opposites, and to do it on Broadway. "Broadway at its best gives the best people the resources to do their best," says Prince. The Fabulous Invalid cannot be killed off by an overdose of mediocrity; it can be rehabilitated by frequent injections of imagination and daring. As long as someone...
After watching the Eagle careen around its mile-long track, I was definitely not psyched. So I decided on a plan for working my way up to the Mt. Everest of roller coasters--I would ride the park's lesser ones first. The name of the tiniest one should have been enough to turn me away. "Willard's Whizzer" whirled like the spin-dry cycle of a washing machine, and anything that goes in circles makes me sick. I rode it anyway...
Fully 20 bills now pending in Congress are designed to strip certain powers from the Supreme Court and lesser U.S. tribunals. The House is dealing with 16 of the measures, and four have been introduced in the Senate. Some of the measures, Senate Bill 158 among them, would prevent federal district and appellate courts from hearing cases involving any new state antiabortion statutes. Others, like Senate Bill 481 and House Bill 865, would limit the jurisdiction of the whole federal judiciary, the Supreme Court included, in school prayer cases...