Word: verbalism
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...John Marshall Law School professor Ronald Smith describes Genson and his team as "verbal elbow throwers" who meticulously strategize and specialize in crafty back-and-forth before the jury. And Genson has already begun throwing elbows. On Thursday, his team asked Holderman to remove Fitzgerald and his entire prosecution crew because of a purported violation of a pretrial publicity order. ("Meritless," said the prosecutors.) Genson has also loudly pushed his claim that the government's case is much ado about nothing. Sure, the governor was heard talking of selling Obama's seat to the highest bidder, talking of getting Chicago...
...coherent conversation. But there were times when I would repeatedly ask the same questions, fail to understand the conclusion of a story, or even bid someone new farewell with the wrong name. And while it may not have cost me any friendships, my simple lack of attention in common verbal circumstances made me feel self-centered too often...
Dixon and his colleagues studied 41 adults with diabetes and 424 healthy adults between the ages of 53 and 90, and reported their findings in the journal Neuropsychology. After testing the participants on memory, recall, verbal fluency, executive functions involving critical thinking and the speed of their mental faculties, researchers found the most significant deficits in diabetes patients on tasks of executive function and speed. These problems showed up in the youngest patients as well as the older ones, and once the cognitive symptoms appeared, they did not seem to worsen or change over time. Although Dixon's study failed...
...Iraqi television journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi hurled a verbal insult at Bush as well as his footwear. "This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog," he shouted as he threw the first of his projectiles. Seconds later, he hurled another, saying "this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq," before being wrestled to the ground by security guards and removed from the room. Little has emerged about the journalist, a correspondent for al-Baghdadiya, a satellite TV channel that broadcasts from Cairo. According to some reports...
...claustrophobic read. Alexander didn't do anything for months but eat, sleep and interrogate prisoners. Many of the book's scenes take place in interview booths-Alexander, his partner, an interpreter and the bad guy. It's often gripping, as the participants volley back and forth with verbal attacks, strategies and approaches, making for a surprisingly cerebral war book. That tight focus does, however, leave large gaps. Alexander scarcely discusses the theories behind his interrogation strategy, its derivation or whether the U.S. military continues to use it. Such things are forgotten as the book winds down into a tense...