Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People seem more interested in paying attention to petty procedural issues here than issues of life and liberty there," said, referring to the escalation of civil disorder in El Salvador...
...would seem that the publication of the draft material is protected under the rights of freedom of expression," Epps said...
None of this can be much consolation to Regan, who, even if guilty, has suffered more, all told, than his alleged crimes would seem to warrant. But at least the news is not all bad. He's still rich, and my New York City audit went fine...
That is snobbery, of course, and a reader addicted to another sort of trash -- detective stories, say -- must distrust his instinct to ridicule horror novels. But in each genre there is good trash and bad trash, and King's does not seem very good. Mention this to a fan -- young, intelligent, well read -- and the reply is the same as is heard, above the level of pop lit, when one more dismal fiction by Joyce Carol Carol Oates appears: "Yes, but you should read the early books...
...special challenges to scientists. Not only do they risk inhaling their tools or scattering them with a sneeze, but they also have to cope with a new set of physical laws. The problem of friction, for instance, looms ever larger as parts get smaller. The tiniest dust speck can seem like a boulder. Rotating a hair-width dynamo through air molecules, says AT&T's Gabriel, "is like trying to spin gears in molasses...