Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Welcome to marriage Louisiana-style. Last week the state legislature passed a stricter form of holy matrimony called covenant marriage. It differs from its lesser counterpart in that, for the most part, only impediments of biblical proportion--adultery, abandonment, abuse, imprisonment for a felony--can dissolve...
...when the bases were achieved on military property, as in the backseat of a humvee, in which case 100 sit-ups will be thrown in. In general, the location of the adulterous act must be factored into the punishment: getting to third base off base is, for example, a lesser crime than getting to second base on base...
...stalling the case until after the '96 election, Bob Bennett, Clinton's attorney, won the crucial political war at the lesser cost of losing before the Supreme Court. If the case isn't dismissed, the President's best hope now is that Jones is indeed in it for the money and that he can give her a small enough amount not to look like a payoff yet enough to fortify her against the wishes of her political supporters, for whom airing the charges is the goal. And who thinks the truth will actually ever be known? While it is hard...
...process can be frustrating to lesser-known schools...
...game, Ward backed into Brown, almost upending him. Brown then hooked an arm around Ward's waist, flipped him as if he were a cheerleader and threw him to the floor. Knicks Patrick Ewing, Allan Houston, Larry Johnson and John Starks left their bench, a lesser N.B.A. no-no. The N.B.A. gave a record five Knicks a one-game suspension. Miami's Brown was suspended for two games; Ward...