Word: casefully
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Bishop is the third person to walk that road in the U.S. since 1967.* According to the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, 550 men and six women in 28 states now remain on death rows. Who may die next is uncertain, since none of the cases has yet exhausted its appeals. But opponents of the death penalty have little doubt that others will soon be executed, and that, though Bishop's case is unusual, his demise further hurts their cause. ''Each execution makes it easier to kill the next time,'' says former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey...
Despite all those woes, there still is a case for keeping nuclear plants in operation and finishing those now abuilding, while rethinking how many more the nation needs in the long run. Until such power sources as solar energy and thermonuclear fusion become commercially feasible, nuclear plants are indispensable. mainly because the alternatives are worse...
Both men are considered pro-Western antiCommunists, who will carry on Park's foreign policies. Especially now, they could both be expected to lobby even more strongly than Park did against any further withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Korea. And in either case, a more liberal regime could well emerge in response to the new opposition pressures. Neither of the possible leaders, of course, was making a move while the country mourned its fallen President...
...often announces that he is ''inclined'' to vote a certain way; sometimes he reserves judgment; occasionally he changes his vote. In one case, Burger voted five times at different stages of discussion: twice for, twice against and one "pass." On Burger's tombstone, a Justice once joked, should be carved the inscription, "I think I'll pass for the moment...
...Court Justice, from the most junior to the most senior, has an equal voice and vote on each decision. The Chief Justice, or ''the Chief,'' as he is called, is primus inter pares-first among equals. At conference, the Chief begins the discussion of each case by describing the issues as well as his own views. Warren was known for declaring his opinions clearly and strongly at the outset, cutting through legalisms to ask persistently, ''Is it right? Is it fair?'' Burger is more tentative. Some of his colleagues wonder whether...