Word: meres
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staff expresses proper outrage, but writes the wrong prescription. There is little need for hate crimes legislation. Hate crime is a ridiculously broad-based and anti-populist construction. The mere fact that this brutal crime is top news means that it is a rarity. Further, society takes "hate crimes," or, more appropriately, "crimes," quite seriously. Many states execute convicted killers and imprison batterers for years. That's serious enough. Legislating the content of criminal motive confuses elite sentiment with proper jurisprudence...
...weather conditions grossly limited the airattack for both teams. Linden only attempted 12passes, connecting on four to gain a mere 49yards. Linden did however, loft a 40-yard passinto Patterson's hands on a middle slant.Patterson, five yards behind that last defender,dropped the sure touchdown...
Then, within hours, O'Connor was back on the phone telling Trotter that PHP wanted Hunter moved--not to Alabama this time but to the University of North Carolina Medical Center, a mere 20 minutes away...
That patience pays off. DS1 will carry a mere 180 lbs. of xenon fuel, about one-tenth the fuel needed for a conventional craft. Electricity required to power thrusters and other equipment will come from a new solar panel equipped with 720 lenses that focus sunlight down to a strip of solar cells...
...November 3 elections. It's a strategy that speaks volumes; not only is Hyde hoping to keep the messy subject out of sight for the sake of fast-fading bipartisanship -- not to mention the oft-cited Rodino format -- but the GOP is also recognizing that the defection of a mere 31 Democrats Thursday was not exactly the heartiest support they could have wished for. Republicans, too, are uneasy about the Pandora's box they just opened: "It feels like it's out of control," said Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.). All in all, a good time to take a break...