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Then there are five places where the normal palm shows what researchers call a triradius-a wide-open letter Y formed by the junction of three lines. The crucial one is the axial triradius; on most palms it is just above the first flesh crease where hand joins wrist. If, in both hands, it is higher up, closer to the fingers, it may indicate inborn abnormalities from rubella or other causes...
...Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open," said the Supreme Court in 1964. In that famous decision (New York Times Co. v. Sullivan), the court ruled that a public official cannot collect libel damages even for false criticism of his official conduct unless he proves "actual malice." But who is a public official? The court did not say. As a result, lower courts have since extended the Times doctrine to reach "officials" ranging from a candidate for Congress to the law partner of a mayoral candidate...
...There are more wide-open spaces today, and they are more accessible, than "at any time since the closing of the frontier...
...over Holy Cross not quite so impressive as it sounds. The Indians fumbled six times in the first quarter and spotted the Crusaders a 6-0 lead before regaining their composure. And their pass defense looked somewhat shoddy; Holy Cross completed 12 of 23, but wide-open Crusader receivers dropped a number of good throws...
...Martin Buber's I-Thou philosophy for teenagers: "I don't want to select you, dissect you, inspect you or reject you./ All I really want to do is be friends with you." Chér turns out to have a coarse, grainy alto voice with a wide-open quality that projects a lot of feeling without too much sentimentality...