Word: singularizing
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Private papers of late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall were made public, offering a singular glimpse of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over court decisions on abortion and homosexual rights. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, speaking for a majority of the Justices, denounced the Library of Congress for making the material available, claiming it damages the court's "long tradition of confidentiality." But Librarian James Billington said he was simply carrying out Marshall's wishes...
Chung's greatest virtue is her high Q rating, the annual measure of celebrities' celebrity and popularity. Her number may be skewed upward, however, by her singular recognizability: she is the only Asian-American TV star. While Chung is a decent newsreader, and CBS staff munchkins like her let's-order-a-pizza! perkiness, peers and former colleagues tend to be ungenerous. "Call Connie, ask what really interests her," says a fellow network anchor. "You'll get a blank screen." (I did. "I wish I could tell you," she replied. "What is a Connie Chung story? I'm hard...
...done is pick 14 splendid songs by some peerless songwriters -- including Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon and Willie himself -- and weave them into a subtly colored spiritual stocktaking, a sort of internal monologue that's like a road movie set to music. It's one measure of their singular achievement that disparate as their sources may be, they all focus finely on Nelson's restless spirit. Across the Borderline is as achingly, bracingly personal as any record he's made since the seminal Red Headed Stranger...
...crime of such particularity creates particular moral obligations. One (to borrow from philosopher Emil Fackenheim) above all: Hitler must be allowed no posthumous victories. Hitler's singular project -- the destruction of the Jewish people -- must not be permitted its final success...
...they still can't order a movie or TV show into production; they are still only middle people, not buyers. On the other hand, Ovitz has turned down the top job at Columbia Pictures and, perhaps, other major studios. To run a studio would cramp him, make him less singular. And although he still spends a majority of his time on his famous clients (85% of his day by his reckoning, 60% to 70% according to an underling), being an agent -- taking Dustin Hoffman's calls, holding Sylvester Stallone's hand -- may have come to seem unchallenging...