Word: stopper
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...during a period of concern over organized crime, it enables conviction of all members of a "criminal enterprise," not just the gunsels. And its penalties are steep: up to 20 years in jail for each criminal count and triple damages in civil judgments. RICO quickly proved a sterling Mob stopper, as dozens of capos like New York City's John Gotti can testify. But when lawyers in the mid-'80s realized how broadly written it was, it mutated wildly. Prosecutors turned it on white-collar criminals like junk- bond-king Michael Milken. Plaintiffs in normal civil suits (a famous...
...virtue, pop culture follows. Siegfried and Roy, the ur-Vegas magicians (imagine, if you dare, a hybrid of Liberace, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Copperfield and Marlin Perkins) who perform 480 shows a year in their own theater at the Mirage, don't seem satisfied unless every trick is a show-stopper and every moment has the feel of a finale. In front of the new Treasure Island is a Caribbean-cum- Mediterranean faux village fronting a 65-ft.-deep "lagoon" in which a full-scale British man-of-war and pirate vessel every 90 minutes stage a battle with serious fires...
...instinct for emotional excess. But in an ongoing dispute over who will play the role on Broadway, Close has three big advantages. She is physically much more plausible as a legendarily beautiful face. She approaches the role as a dramatic experience rather than as scenes leading up to show-stopper songs. Most important, she uncorks an almost slapstick comic inventiveness...
Sean's conversation-stopper--"what do you think about Harvard women?"--was a running joke by the time we hit Baltimore. He had a whole tongue-in-cheek spiel to go with...
With several talented senior forwards to lead the offensive attack, Walton concentrated on becoming the defensive stopper. Her efforts were, again, rewarded with post-season recognition, this time as a second-team all Ivy-League selection to add to her accolades...