Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jones may be flamboyant, but he is also smart. He has already won two important victories, by getting the venue for the trial moved out of Oklahoma and by convincing Judge Matsch that McVeigh should be tried separately from Nichols. It was the first time the judge had ever agreed to sever the cases of two defendants. "Stephen Jones is a ferociously intelligent trial lawyer," says Mimi Wesson, a professor of criminal law at the University of Colorado and a former U.S. Attorney in Denver from 1980 to 1982. "I have read some of his briefs in the McVeigh case...
Cusack is one comically cool dude, and the movie, which he and some of his high school pals helped write, is directed with sly sobriety by George Armitage. For once, a big studio has apparently let some smart people run free, and the result is as fresh, funny and acute as any Sundance winner. See, guys, you can do it; you just have to loosen the reins a little...
...agree with the goals of the coalition: achieving a Faculty that is diverse in more ways than age, home state and necktie pattern. Moreover, the protesters chose a prime date to demonstrate. Standing at the foot of the University's namesake during pre-frosh weekend is a smart strategic move. I later found out that the demonstrators were handing out information and collecting signatures. So it is unfortunate that they had turned me off before I got anywhere close...
Although a judge may be smart, the combined intelligence of a jury may be greater, said Michael E. Mone, an American lawyer who defended the United States' system...
...giant mound of pink modeling putty. Like the exhibition's curators, Long and Stereolab understand the importance of putting on a good, crowd-pleasing show. Their work may not be as edgy or focused as some of the exhibition's other contributors, but like the '97 Biennial it's smart, stylish and remarkably engaging...