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Concerns about liability may, however, ultimately force manufacturers to adopt SawStop or a similar feature. "It is very difficult to say that this is not a viable and safe technology when it's been on the market and preventing terrible injuries for more than a year," says Stuart Singer, a partner in the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner. If plaintiffs argue that power-saw makers irresponsibly ignored a better technology, "the industry might get the message and adopt this technology," Singer says...
...Instead of sneaking in, if you want to be a U.S. citizen, do it the right way. Have Angelina Jolie adopt you." --JIMMY KIMMEL...
...fact that the handbook devotes much space to detailing disciplinary procedures and possible punishments, but essentially none to addressing the underlying problem of dishonesty shows that the College administration has chosen to address the symptoms and not the illness. To actually address the core of the problem, Harvard should adopt a simple academic honor code stating two things: that the student neither gave nor received inappropriate aid on an assignment or exam, and that the student did not misrepresent his or her work or commit plagiarism.It may sound trite, but it is important to ensure honesty and trust...
...conditions the World Bank can impose. Ideally, all major donors can agree to impose strict and uniform standards of open governance and press freedom as a condition for any non-emergency aid. However, the World Bank can achieve much single-handedly, not least by encouraging other donors to adopt similar positions. In fact, the rights-based approach, which was explained at the conference last week, depends on a general extension of these principles. According to Peter Uvin, a writer and professor at Tufts University, the new strategy is “more political, more principled, and more structural...
...book, Fonda certainly inspires women—through her own resilience—to adopt a stronger voice and be more aware of their intrinsic power. But America might not be prepared to accept full-fledged feminists yet. “I think that we’re perfectly ready to embrace a female head of state,” she says. “Whether we’re ready to embrace a strong woman who is not a ventriloquist for the patriarchy is another thing...