Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...birth of their first child Chet. Lott says he was so focused on his studies and student political matters, such as getting soda machines in the dorms, that he didn't think much about either protesting the war or volunteering for it. Vietnam, like civil rights, was another uncomfortable subject to be ducked...
Over entrees a smug Tan hits Kasparov with the news of Deeper Blue's smashing victory over the program that made him sweat last February, and suddenly he focuses, laserlike, on his favorite subject. Before last year's match, he admits, the chess world felt "a computer would have very little chance of beating a top grand master." That myth faded quickly. Halfway through Game 1, faced with daunting circumstances--"an open position, my king is exposed, many weaknesses"--Kasparov undertook a blitzkrieg aimed at Deep Blue's king, the sort of hell-bent gambit that has devastated every pretender...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND wrote the short story Clone, Clone on the Range for us with less than three days' notice--a particularly tight deadline for a novelist. The subject matter, however, sparked his creativity, and he produced his satirical tale well ahead of schedule. "Massive scientific ruptures like this one are so rare and powerful and alluring," says Coupland, whose previous books, including Generation X and Microserfs, often explored science issues. "A good jolt is good for the brain, and the news is so jolting--it's a good match." As for the technology, Coupland says, since...
What Starr has done so far to fix it is to express abject remorse swiftly and ignore his most vocal critic, the irrationally exuberant James Carville, who Mary Matalin, his wife, calls a "rabid dog" on the subject. The press has lost interest in Whitewater as yesterday's scandal, unlikely to deliver any Pulitzers and has moved on to overpriced White House overnights. Even Senator Al D'Amato wants no part of Whitewater. Starr may be tired of it as well...
...recent book, Slouching Towards Gomorrah, Judge Robert Bork writes, "Contrary to the plan of the American government, the Supreme Court has usurped the powers of the people and their elected representatives." As a solution, he proposes "a constitutional amendment making any federal or state court decision subject to being overruled by a majority vote of each house of Congress." True, Judge Bork does tend to be one of those who looks left and sees Attila, but his book is endorsed on the back cover by such conventionally "mainstream" conservatives as Bill Bennett and Senator Chuck Grassley...