Word: motor
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Since his talent was the motor that drove the Venetian High Renaissance, the show's title, "The Century of Titian," is not empty hype. Few artists have ever dominated a period, and a cultural frame, the way Titian did. His public career as an artist began with the new century, around 1505; it lasted until 1576, when he was carried off by the plague, still painting, at the age of about...
Victims described the weapons used against them as pipes and wrenches. Police said they believe that the motor vehicle anti theft device called the "Club" was also used...
...gambler can keep rolling sevens. To the extent that his early success reflects political skill and adroitness -- well, maybe. The Senate, where Democrats lack the votes to break Republican filibusters, will surely modify some of his programs. It has already forced a weakening of the Administration's cherished "motor voter" bill; as passed by the Senate, the measure would still allow people to register to vote while receiving or renewing driver's licenses but no longer require registration forms to be passed out to those applying for welfare or unemployment compensation. With the help of the big, disciplined Democratic majority...
...Senate, the 57 Democrats could not break a Republican filibuster against a voter-registration bill; that would require 60 votes. So they had to weaken the measure. The bill, dubbed "motor voter," would still allow citizens to register when they applied for a driver's license, but the Senate dropped a requirement that authorities make registration forms available to people applying for welfare or unemployment compensation (G.O.P. Senators feared that most people who signed up that way would vote Democratic). Still, the bill was passed. And when motor-voter and other bills go to House-Senate conferences, that heavily Democratic...
Later in the morning of April 9, the suspect was arraigned in West Roxbury District Court on a charge of theft of a motor vehicle and was released on his own recognizance, Fields said. The suspect is due back in court on April 6, she said