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...decision in favor of property rights could leave state governments with a double bind, says Brian Gray, a University of California specialist in environmental and property law. If the state imposes new regulations to protect vital ecosystems or species, it risks a slew of suits for compensation; but if it does not act, it could be sued for failing to protect the public trust...
...domestic scene, too, individuals like Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas came to mind. But the more we thought about it, the more compelling it seemed to focus on a theme that emerged time and again as major events unfolded this year: the amazing power of CNN to bind the world into a truly global village...
...Leigh is watching life ebb away as she nears middle age; things are bad, and they're going to get worse. And Danny despises them both. She needs to break out from them, no matter what danger she might break into. They all need a trauma that will either bind them together or completely tear them apart. So we ran all these changes on the 'good' family. And now that they're imperfect, I love every one of them...
...deadline imposed by the Faculty Council is set to expire this spring. But in an interview last week, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles said that the resolution will not bind the current council and the faculty in its reconsideration of the issue...
However, there are extremely inventive sections in the book, such as the description of one tena it whose fantastic beliefs lead him to bind his pets a pairs. But even these sections come off dry and forced, as if the author thinks of them as mere examples of his main theme. And once he is finished with these images, he scarcely ever returns to to them, as if he writes from a checklist, crossing off the images as he completes each chapter...