Word: mightly
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...Several candidates, including Shapiro and Fleisig-Greene, spoke about opening up the theater community to people who might not otherwise participate...
...were transferred to the revolutionary 'people.'" This formulation outlawed dissent--how could one body disagree with itself?--and led, by conservative estimates, some 17,000 French men and women to the guillotine. Near the end of the Terror, Robespierre told the National Assembly that the majority of the population might have to be executed for treason...
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, so it's the kind of place that might like a rebel like Senator John McCain. In fact, the symbol of that rebellion still flies above the statehouse today. But the Confederate flag also stands for a tradition that is likely to help Texas Governor George W. Bush even more: resistance to change. Conservatives who like the established way of things have kept the state's senior Senator, Republican Strom Thurmond, in Washington for 45 years, making him the longest-serving member...
...INSURANCE CarryEverythingOn.com a new brand of luggage for business travelers, is offering a little extra with its laptop bags. Each nylon bag equipped with a laptop compartment is insured for as much as $1,500 in case the piece of luggage is stolen in the first year. You just might need the coverage. Last year more than 300,000 laptops were swiped. "We wanted to add a sense of security to business travelers as they carry their virtual office with them," says firm president Katiee Quinn...
...visa clampdown. Other spy watchers point to the expulsion midyear of two Russian spies from the U.S., and to Russian posturing ahead of parliamentary elections this month. Leberknight has until Dec. 11 to leave Russia. But unlike the situation in Cold War days, when snatched spooks might be held in solitary or beaten, she is likely to get out in one piece...