Word: burson
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...case facing the U.S. Supreme Court, Payne v. Tennessee. Justice David Souter, the court's swing vote, asked during oral argument last month whether "it really is legitimate to value victims differently depending upon the circumstances of the lives that they have chosen to lead." Tennessee Attorney General Charles Burson's response was unequivocal: "There can be no doubt that the taking of the life of the President creates much more societal harm than the taking of the life of the homeless person...
...imaginary forests. In the current struggle, Douglas County is ground zero, likely to take as direct an economic hit as any site in the region. "Something is going to happen in the next few months that will rip the rug right out from under us," says Lonnie Burson, who works in a sawmill and presides over the union, Local 2949, that represents 3,400 lumber- and millworkers...
...always used them prudently. In the 19th century, furriers killed off many of the furbearing animals and, in so doing, their trade as well. Later, prospectors emptied the rivers of gold, and the mining camps were reclaimed by the forest. Millworkers and their families often ask union leader Burson what will become of them. "What do I tell them, 'It's going to be O.K.'?" asks Burson. "I can't. Who do I blame? Do I blame the industry for raping the lands in the East and raping the lands in the West 50 years ago and not replanting...
Mill town after mill town is buried beneath an avalanche of contradictory statistics tossed out by timber-industry officials and environmentalists. "To put it bluntly, we don't know what the hell is going on," says Burson. "We're being blackmailed and threatened from both sides. Industry is saying 'Support our side, or you'll lose your jobs.' Environmentalists are saying 'Support our side, or you won't have clean air to breathe.' People are scared to death...