Word: sheerly
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...important to underscore that Mexico faces the same problems which launched authoritarianism in other relatively advanced Latin American nations. With the rest of the region enjoying a democratic renaissance, Washington should be concerned about a potential dictatorship next door--and respond with something more constructive than crude intervention or sheer indifference...
...rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.'s are vicious or ludicrous as such: but in quantity they become sheer madness...
Indeed, the dominant conservative faction finds the protracted pursuit of appeals wasteful and diversionary, and has encouraged the lower courts to process the backlog of death penalty cases swiftly. As those backed-up cases now come surging through the courts, however, many observers are concerned that the sheer numbers will cause judicial corners to be cut, and that convicts will go to the executioner having had imperfect legal representation. One of Stephens' main appeals arguments was rejected, for instance, because his lawyers filed the motions late...
Although this latest act of air piracy followed a grimly familiar pattern, it threatened to surpass other hijackings in sheer brutality. By week's end the terrorists had butchered at least four of their captives, including two Americans. They freed 146 hostages, but for the dozen or so men who remained on board, tied to their seats, conditions were said to be horrendous. There were reports that the Airbus had been disabled late Friday night by bursts of gunfire that shattered windows in the cockpit and cabin. A freed Pakistani passenger said the hostages had tried unsuccessfully to overpower...
IMAGINE the enormous bureaucracy which would be needed to enforce complicated comparable worth legislation. Aside from the sheer cost of maintaining such a force in an era which demands economic restraint, already over-crowded courts would be inundated with complaints brought forward by the necessarily random guidelines of the agency. Thousands of employees would be needed to inspect the payroll practices of millions of businesses. This country simply cannot financially afford the burden of such a socialist task force...