Among the possibilities: a special session of Congress after the November elections to dramatize the need for a solution.

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No book was available to option and adapt, so Mr. Boal had to dig for real-life details that would dramatize one of the most important events of the decade.

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Or maybe the chief justice just handed us an occasion to dramatize this debate in the biggest possible public forum: the general election for the presidency.

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