Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...psychologists have arrived at a wonderfully elastic profile of the people who attach themselves to these intellectual chain gangs: just about anybody. Applicants require only an unsatisfied spiritual longing, a condition apt to strike anyone at some point in life. Social status is no indicator of susceptibility and no defense against it. For instance, while many of the dead at Jonestown were poor, the Solar Temple favors the carriage trade. Its disciples have included the wife and son of the founder of the Vuarnet sunglass company. The Branch Davidians at Waco came from many walks of life. And at Rancho...
...goals, five came from defensive players (two from Rogers and Gudeman, one from Clark). More than anything, that's a sign that the structured set offense--when these players can safely rush through the are without having to worry about guarding their goal--is working better than the quick-strike transition offense...
...here's more bad news for Georgians: if the Supreme Court finds the CDA is indeed unconstitutional, the ruling would not automatically void those state laws, says Ann Beeson, a national staff attorney for the A.C.L.U. It would, however, make it easier for the courts to strike down local statutes. "Unfortunately," says Beeson, "state legislatures pass unconstitutional laws all the time, and you still have to go to court to fight them...
...endorse the product. Their job is to be up on that." On the baseball field or off it, when Robinson came up to the plate, he took his best shot and knocked it out of the park. The superstar athletes who have taken his place, sadly, often strike...
...shopping list is right out of the cold war. The Air Force wants 438 F-22 fighters at $160 million apiece. The Navy plans to buy 1,000 advanced F-18Es. The Army is counting on 1,292 Comanche helicopters. And the services together want 2,978 more Joint Strike Fighters. That's 5,708 planes; this mere slice of Pentagon spending will cost as much as all federal environmental programs for the next 17 years...