Word: singularability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lawyer Steven Lerman, who represents WYSP, put it most succinctly: "What was protected speech yesterday is not protected speech today." Yesterday's innuendo, he suggests, is today's indecency. Yet Lerman predicted that because the FCC has the singular power to bestow and withdraw licenses, broadcasters will be reluctant to jeopardize their franchises by testing the agency's ruling in court...
...through to the post-'60s paintings of men like Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach, R.B. Kitaj and Howard Hodgkin -- now strike us as not just a footnote to, but an essential part of, the visual culture of the past 80 years: neither "provincial" nor "minor," but singular and grand? What muffled the recognition of British art? Partly, it must be admitted, the English themselves. No nation in this century has been harder on its own artists...
Israeli leaders have shown a singular lack of enthusiasm for punishing those responsible for the security scandals. The fired Shin Bet officials were given pardons after acknowledging the allegations against them. Some critics believe the reluctance to demand accountability is part of a continuing cover- up conducted by top political leaders. As in Iranscam, the government got into trouble because it failed to establish firm oversight responsibilities. Says Communications Minister Amnon Rubinstein, a former law professor: "The problem is that the politicians do not exercise the sort of vigilance that we expect of them. What we see is a diminishing...
...courts are another powerful factor. So is the army of young barristers at work on the three Iran investigations. Many of them come from Washington's great law firms, which are peopled by those who have served the Government before. These staff members find a singular exhilaration in unraveling the Iran mess. Out of that comes a reaffirmation of the Republic's purposes and a strong defense against further cover-ups and corruption. The old ideals shine through again...
...Homeless" is never used in the singular. Nobody says, I passed a homeless yesterday with the wind chill at 12 below. Its empty palm was bright red with cold and it kept saying, `knyasparanychange? Knyasparanychange...