Word: lessers
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...night of the party was far from commendable; but he thinks the punishment meted out is too harsh. McDade concedes the extremity of the sentence but says he has offered to support a motion to re-sentence Wilson. The deal would have Wilson accept a conviction to a lesser charge, be sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 10 of those years suspended. Given the two years he has already served, Wilson would already be eligible for parole. But Wilson?s attorney, B.J. Bernstein, said the offer was still unfair since, under the new Romeo and Juliet laws, Wilson would...
...circumstances of assisted fertility, distribution of condoms for AIDS victims and so-called "right-to-die" cases. His long cover-story interview last April with the Italian magazine L'Espresso set off an internal Church debate about whether a married AIDS patient's use of a condom is the "lesser of two evils," and a Vatican document on the issue may come out later this year...
...favorite approach, however, is a lesser-known alternative-the Short Inca Trail. For this, guides are also necessary and you'll be paying upwards of $250, but it's a sum you'll forget the instant you lay eyes on the great Incan city that is your goal...
...there will always be films worth seeing. Not that there aren’t other reasons to see “Notes on a Scandal.” Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy (whom viewers might remember from “The Constant Gardener”) perform ably in lesser parts, and Philip Glass’ score puts you on edge like musical version of nails against a chalkboard. But without Dench, none of it would stick. Dench plays Barbara Covett, who fills notebook after notebook with the unfiltered impressions of her keen and bitter psyche, and with...
...girls brave a few burns to learn the art of tempering molten chocolate to create one-of-a-kind treats for the captain of the baseball team. For the more weathered, it's about raiding Godiva for their lovers and husbands, and picking up cheaper consolation prizes for the lesser males in their lives. The men, by the way, don’t have to do a thing for the women on Feb. 14. Not till Mar. 14, but more on that later...