Word: wondering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...average of only 2 min. 50 sec. for a car to be dispatched, and 5 min. 34 sec. for it to arrive at the scene. If crimes were reported in 1 min. instead of 5 min., the L.E.A.A. study added, in one of those statistical computations that always inspire wonder, the probability of an arrest would increase...
Kennedy's city hall portraits and caricatures cannot be faulted. The author's implied conclusions- his four cheers for Daley's works- are far less persuasive. He accepts Daley's atavistic brand of leadership as not merely effective, but necessary. He does not pause to wonder whether having potholes filled quickly is worth dictatorship by a corrupt machine. He gives scant attention to the hallmark of successful tribalism: suppression of all weaker tribes. He seems not to recall that other cities from time to time, such as La Guardia's New York and Philadelphia during...
...wonder how much they had to offer Russell Long to get his support," one observer in the White House press room wondered. "Nothing much," suggested another, "except the transfer of the whole Louisiana Territory...
...Bianca Jagger, George Harrison, Paul Simon and four out of seven of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players." With a crowd like this and a subject like the Beatles, one expects to be dazzled, but All You Need Is Cash is an invitation to take a nap. No wonder the show airs on NBC, the network that is American television's answer to Waterloo...
Some of Turow's classmates and professors at the Law School suggest he may have been too willing to sacrifice accuracy for that commercial success. A friend in Turow's 1L section, who asked not to be identified, said, "The thing I wonder about Scott is, he came to the Law School with a contract from his publishers, so he knew he was writing the book right from the start. During our 1L year he formed a study group known for writing big outlines, and I think the group actually created tension in our section. I don't know that...