114 Quotes by Adam Cohen

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    The next year or two is really going to be very important in determining the next 10 to 20 years of the band. Once they set the precedent -- 'You're not allowed to do X,' it's nearly impossible to change it back. It works in a positive direction, too, once we establish this is the way we enter the stadium, this is the cool stuff we do on game day, this is what we do in the shack.

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    The Bonanza was potentially in the path of flights. We needed to stop all departing traffic to keep the airport open for that aircraft.

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    In this case, we needed to make sure crash and rescue services were available. People in the radar room were instrumental in getting him to the airport.

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    The rich and powerful are less likely, all other things being equal, to be arrested, convicted, or imprisoned. The poor are, holding everything else constant, more likely to be incarcerated, institutionalized, and sterilized.

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    The current Court, after years of being carefully constructed in this way, seems more like a political body than a legal one.

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    The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.

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    One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.

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    There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy day so you can see how badly the roofs leak.

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