Word: sheers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...impossible to predict. Both Nader and Buchanan speak from within consistent and coherent worldviews. And each runs for the presidency with, so to speak, the integrity of hopelessness. Fighting a lost cause sharpens one's opinions. Gore and Bush are inevitably corrupted by their hopes for the office; sheer expectation deadens their language...
...with so many other things these days, though, classical theory is being rewritten by the sheer strength and dynamism of the American economy. Not only is the U.S. growing faster than any other major nation, but it is also enjoying a surge in productivity that promises to keep growth going well into the future, if a bit less exuberantly than today. And, for all Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's fears of renewed inflation, price and wage increases have not eaten up any significant part of the gains...
...then we must presumably work out a calculus of penalties for crimes committed for reasons of jealousy, or of lust, or of compassion (the Kevorkian assist, e.g.). I would like to see an entire new branch of law developed to deal out sentences for crimes committed for reasons of sheer stupidity...
...before connecting an online presence with a human being. "These prosecutors have identified an incredibly widespread crime syndicate, reaching from New York to Dallas to Salt Lake City," says TIME senior New York correspondent William Dowell. "And it looks like it's been simmering for quite a while." The sheer magnitude of the coalition was just one of the challenges facing law enforcement officers; various state attorneys general were stymied, says Dowell, trying to negotiate the perpetually hazy realm of online jurisdiction...
...issue of fairness in the death penalty in Texas--and under Bush--is particularly relevant because of the sheer number of people who have been executed on his watch. (Vice President Al Gore also favors the death penalty, but he has the advantage at the moment of not having to manage a death row.) The nation's largest state, California, has had eight executions since 1976. In the nation's second largest state, Bush has six scheduled this month alone. And even among Texas Governors Bush stands out: during the four years Ann Richards, Bush's predecessor, was Governor...