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...make Clinton look like an extremist." To save himself from an all-out Republican skewering, Tumulty says, Clinton will have to come up with a good explanation for vetoing the bill. The President has said he rejected the legislation because it failed to allow doctors to perform the procedure if the mother's health were at risk (it specifically allows them to do so if the mother's life is in danger). Most congressional Democrats say they would have backed the bill had it included the broader health provision. That's an alarming wakeup call for staunch pro-choicers...
...They were able to perform and succeed in a very different culture," he said. "I'm awful with languages, and they had to learn English, Greek and Latin, on top of their own languages. It's quite amazing...
...wheel--a stone that had to be heavy enough to continue turning between kicks from someone's foot. Flywheels were a prominent feature of the Industrial Revolution, delivering a smooth flow of power over the bumps and jerks made by an engine's piston strokes, and small flywheels perform that function in every car today...
...woman's finger. He then touched her chest with a portable EKG machine and analyzed her cardiac rhythms. Had there been any indication that she was suffering a heart attack, Bayne would immediately have called 911. When he determined that wasn't the case, he decided to perform a battery of blood tests...
...actors are given a lovely set on which to perform, designed by Karl Eigsti. The elaborate facade of a huge garden room is a complement to the discussion of art and genre which proceeds within, what with its Roman arches, paired columns a la Michelangelo, and huge French doors one could imagine at Versailles. Most intriguing of all, a huge gleaming bronze pendulum swings slowly and mesmerizing lyacross the stage as the audience takes its seat, but disappears by the time the curtain raises for the first act. The image of that swinging ball remains impalpably, and the presence...