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  • At the Versuchsanstalt, behind his back, he was known as Weissmann's Monster, probably less out of racism than at the picture the two of them made, Enzian towering a foot over Weissmann, who was balding, scholarly, peering up at the African through eyeglass lenses thick as bottles, skipping now and then to keep up as they stalked over the asphalt and through the labs and offices, Enzian dominating every room and landscape of those early Rocket days ....

    Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

  • Last year's Dem law, introduced by Sen. Weissmann, repealed a 2004 GOP lawÂlaying out prioritized criteria that courts should use to map out Colorado's congressional districts, if the Legislature can't agree on a congressional map.

    Jason Salzman: GOP's Midnight Gerrymander Is the Big Bang of Colorado Congressional Map-Drawing Fights Jason Salzman 2011

  • Requiring the government to prove a willful violation is "a big protection for all of us," says Andrew Weissmann, a New York attorney who for a time ran the Justice Department's criminal investigation of Enron Corp. Generally speaking in criminal law, he says, willful means "you have the specific intent to violate the law."

    As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines Gary Fields 2011

  • They've brought Buddy and Ben, their husbands, to a reunion of the chorus girls from the Weissmann Follies, who sing and dance one last time on the crumbling stage of the soon-to-be-demolished theater where they performed together decades ago.

    The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011

  • This allows Mr. Griffin and Alex Sanchez, the choreographer, to stage the show's musical numbers so that the Weissmann Girls seem to be performing for one another rather than for the audience.

    The 'Follies' of Our Dreams Terry Teachout 2011

  • Last year's Dem law, introduced by Sen. Weissmann, repealed a 2004 GOP lawlaying out prioritized criteria that courts should use to map out Colorado's congressional districts, if the Legislature can't agree on a congressional map.

    Jason Salzman: GOP's Midnight Gerrymander Is the Big Bang of Colorado Congressional Map-Drawing Fights Jason Salzman 2011

  • Jordan Weissmann on how North Korea's Kim Jung Il starved a nation of 23 million people.

    Notable & Quotable 2011

  • Citing the Greek city states relied on their deities when battles were fought, Weissmann propounds that this is an indication that religions are being used as a justification for war.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • In his book, Weissmann claims that evidence accumulated over the last two and a half centuries of scientific quest are sufficient to answer the two most basic questions to human existence.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • In the body of his book, Weissmann takes a no-holds-barred approach to his analysis, delving into our attitudes toward God and the deities of the ages.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Thatsnews 2006

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