Word: musts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...federal manual features a chart that puts infractions into 43 categories and lists corresponding penalties. The sentence is increased according to such factors as use of a weapon, the amount of money involved and prior criminal record. A judge can depart from the recommended numbers in unusual circumstances but must explain why in writing; both sides can then appeal the sentence...
...says. "I'm not used to sharing decisions. But when I discover the story I want to tell in English, I will do so." That should be no problem for a self- confessed child with a huge imagination. "Cinema you can learn by yourself," he says. "But the stories must come from inside you. When I am writing something, I have the feeling that I am really reading something, and that I have to keep on writing to find out what is going to happen next...
...Binghams of Louisville must have the cleanest dirty laundry in the country. Two books have previously been published and another is in the works about their squabbles over money and power and the subsequent sale of the family-owned Louisville Courier-Journal and associated enterprises. Passion and Prejudice is the first account of the troubles written by a participant. Sallie Bingham, 52, is the rebellious and talented daughter regarded by many as the catalyst who precipitated the breakup of the family business, which grossed the author $62 million...
...President looked up, some of that gentle mirth tugging at his mouth even in this melancholy pause on his way out of power. "Who do I give this to?" he asked quietly. He held up his authentication card for the launching of nuclear missiles, the card that must be inserted into the "football" toted with tender care by an ever present military assistant to certify the command to strike at an enemy. Reagan had dutifully carried the card for eight years. Its unimportance at his parting was perhaps the most powerful statement of this singular leader's legacy. The world...
...that the size of a human cell is to that of a person as that of a person is to the size of Rhode Island. Paulos also notes that 367 people have to be gathered to ensure that two of them share the same birthday. How many must be in a group to guarantee a fifty-fifty chance that two have a birthday in common? "The surprising answer," he says, "is that there need be only 23." Doubters can find the proof in a section called "Probability and Coincidence...