Word: ranging
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...will fire off an e-mail to W. "Always positive, always hopeful," she says. A while back she thought he looked nervous on the screen, and not wishing to make a direct suggestion to relax, she whispered it to one of his aides. Within a few hours the phone rang. It was her son twitting her for being on his case. Leaks everywhere...
...called her marriage to George W. a "partnership" and stressed her independence. She also offered a rebuttal to the well-worn rumor that she gave her husband the ultimatum that ended his career as a carousing, often heavy drinker. (When questioned about this last bit of speculation, her denial rang the first false note of the evening: She laughed it off, saying, "No, no. I never threatened him. We've never had any trouble in our marriage...
Even in this age of runaway jury verdicts, the punitive-damage awards that rang out in a hushed Miami courtroom last Friday were impressive. Against Philip Morris--$73.96 billion; R.J. Reynolds--$36.28 billion; Brown & Williamson--$17.59 billion; Lorillard--$16.25 million; Vector Group (owner of Liggett)--$790 million. By the time Circuit Court Judge Robert Kaye reached the bottom of the verdict sheet, the total had climbed to $144.8 billion. "A lot of zeros," the judge observed dryly...
Some claimed that Mahuad's effort at conciliation rang hollow...
...riding high. After 32 years of Suharto's dictatorship and 17 months of interim rule by Suharto's deputy B.J. Habibie, Indonesia was finally getting a reformist President who preached tolerance and democratic openness. But as the blind Muslim cleric and his family mounted the palace steps, a cry rang out. A dukun--a Javanese soothsayer--who habitually accompanies Wahid called the party to a halt. He said he could see the "big man," the spirit of Suharto, standing in the doorway at the top of the steps. He insisted on carrying out a prayer ritual before the President...