Word: mad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...client? Can attorneys be forced to present a defense they think is virtually suicidal? If someone is sane enough to stand trial, does that mean he's sane enough to defend himself if his best defense is that he's crazy? Just what does the U.S. Constitution owe a mad genius? The confusion was so great that at one point Judge Garland Burrell Jr. said in exasperation, "I'm going to tell you what I think, and I don't know if I should think what I think...
...group of Americans is still mad as hell at the Postal Service--its workers. The number of employee grievances awaiting arbitration rose 44% last year, a sign of mounting labor tension. The premium on efficiency has, according to the Washington Post, driven a few desperate workers in West Virginia to rig the independent audits of their on-time delivery. And in another burst of ghastly work-related violence, a Milwaukee, Wis., mail handler killed himself and a co-worker last month. Union leaders are becoming bellicose over what they call management's failure to share bonuses with workers. "The labor...
...Rock from Sunday nights, where it became a hit, to Wednesdays, where it has struggled going head-to-head with ABC's Drew Carey Show. There's still another scenario: moving Friends from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and filling its old slot with 3rd Rock or Mad About...
...choices. Now, with Rehnquist blaming the Senate, Clinton is stepping up the pressure. When Judiciary chairman ORRIN HATCH returns to Washington, he will find as many as 20 more nominations joining the 42 already pending. The White House is not overly optimistic about this plan. G.O.P. Senators are still mad over Clinton's end-run appointment of BILL LANN LEE as acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and Congress is moving into an election year, not usually a season of bipartisan goodwill...
...started conversations by telling you he deserved to be a Nobel prizewinner," Moline remembers. Not to mention that he's a physicist rather than a physician, and has no embryology experience. But lawmakers know a good enemy when they see one, and as long as he plays the mad scientist, Seed will continue to be pilloried...