'Children identified as special needs' refers to those children who had already been identified as needing special assistance in the classroom.
If "special interests" refers to the unions that have endorsed Mr. Stringer, Mr. Spitzer was himself endorsed in previous campaigns by some of the same groups.
But unfortunately for former President Clinton, the film's title, "The Special Relationship," refers to his partnership not with his wife but with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister.
In military parlance "special groups" refers to Shiite militants who have broken off from large Shiite militias, or who are suspected of receiving weapons and training from Iranian sources.
(Tough Mudder's boast that it's "designed by British Special Forces" refers to consulting input from a former member of the Special Air Service, and to a Tough Mudder employee named Paul Simcox, who was a Royal Marine).
Special clothing/blanket refers to items that the family could choose to bring in to dress the baby.
Mr. McCain portrays himself as a Washington maverick unswayed by special interests, referring recently to lobbyists as "birds of prey".
In the course of the investigation, the inspector general's special agents referred their findings to the United States attorney in Alaska under a law that forbids government employees from making fraudulent statements.
He sounded as if he were trying to build a case for dismissing the special counsel, referring to Mueller and his investigators as "the most biased group of people.
The Kenyan government has essentially three options: coax a rebellious Parliament into approving a special tribunal; refer the case to the International Criminal Court, which has already been criticized for picking on Africa; or do an end run around Parliament and set up a special branch of Kenya's judiciary, whose credibility is "below sea level," according to one human rights official.
