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Implementing the program is a not a simple task, according to project manager Vsevolod Petriv. The "sheer volume" of the material makes entering the data a time-consuming and expensive part of the project...
...Draft. Sheer luck combined with a high lottery number was how Clinton used to explain sitting out the Vietnam War. Charitably put, this answer was stunningly incomplete. Only when prodded has Clinton admitted that he schemed to get into an ROTC program at the University of Arkansas, though he never enrolled. And, oops, Clinton also conveniently forgot that he once received a military-induction notice...
...sheer energy and curiosity, few historical sleuths can match Starrs, who even as a young boy was fascinated by Sherlock Holmes mysteries. So far, Starrs has unearthed the victims of Alfred Packer, America's most infamous cannibal, to discover whether Packer was a murderer as well. (Yes, he was.) He also exhumed Carl Weiss, the alleged assassin of Louisiana Governor Huey Long; Weiss, in turn, had been shot by Long's bodyguards. Based on discrepancies between the bodyguards' testimony and bullet marks found on Weiss's bones, among other clues, Starrs concluded that it is more likely that the bodyguards...
...humanity." She adds dryly, "The downside is the body miking." The Central Park sound system is notoriously tinny, and actors cannot seem to master the technique of not hitting the mikes when they scuffle, so every few minutes the audience hears what sounds like thunder. Another downside is the sheer size of the stage and audience, which can tempt film stars, fearful of understatement, into almost operatic playing. That happened last week to Marisa Tomei, the street-corner ingenue of My Cousin Vinny, in a vaudeville-influenced staging of The Comedy of Errors. While Brazilian director Caca Rosset emphasizes...
...have known George Bush for 15 years. He is smart and sharp, a quick study. I have seen him dazzle by sheer force of intellect. But not last week. He spoke coherently, but a close read of his comments considered alongside his record suggests too little defense and only a halfhearted offense. At the end of our session the President invoked his mother's advice: "Do your best, try your hardest." Sadly -- and inexplicably, since there is much he can legitimately trumpet -- for 40 minutes Bush did neither...