Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...promise he made after last year's failed attempt to bring capital punishment back to the Commonwealth, Governor A. Paul Cellucci--now more confused than ever--has proposed a broad bill to make conviction of some 16 categories of murder punishable by death. Together with Lieutenant Governor Jane Swift, Cellucci seems to be relying solely on the horror of isolated incidents to win support for a cause which lacks both practical and ideological grounds...
Indeed, confused is perhaps the best description of the bill and its supporters. Cellucci and Swift have not exactly been bastions of consistency in their support of capital punishment. At one time both have been against the death penalty. The current bill, which they adamantly support, would allow execution for almost any type of murder...
Dean of Undergraduate Education William M. Todd III acknowledged that the decentralization of academic advising is an obstacle to swift reform, but said he was optimistic about future improvements...
...local reaction was swift and negative. One friend of the victims told the Times "that if he could get close enough to the pope, `I'd cock him straight and sure in the mouth."' One of Mease's own defense lawyers admitted: "Quite frankly, this case was probably one of the weaker clemency cases...There were no real claims of mental illness, no question of guilt. It was a triple murder. He had one argument dealing with post-traumatic stress from Vietnam, but really he had a snowball's chance in hell...
Whitehead's fable is swift and pointed and by no means solely about race. Watson's tenaciousness, faith and curiosity are universal virtues, allowing her to maneuver in a society petrified by caste and class. What saves her, and ultimately brings her peace, is literature, the wisdom of the masters. The deeper she digs for knowledge and understanding, the higher she rises. A book is her black...