Word: commit
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...world to compete in a peaceful arena. The IOC must ask whether this ideal is compatible with a government that consistently uses brute force to quash political and religious expression. Letting Beijing have the Games would, at best, send the wrong signal. At worst, it would embolden Beijing to commit even more flagrant infractions by showing that the international community will turn a blind eye to its abuses...
Juvenile violence is rampant in today's society, where school shootings seem to occur every other week. The answer is not stricter sentences to deter offenders, but programs to help troubled youths before they commit crimes. Dangerous juveniles certainly need to be locked up, but these decisions need to be made on a case-by-case basis. These are decisions that should not depend on blanket sentencing laws-individual responses are needed for unique circumstances...
...fire injured 10 civilians in the hills above Tetovo. Rebel leaders observed an overnight cease-fire but later injured two policemen in separate mortar and grenade attacks near the villages of Gracane and Caska. The U.S. said it would send spy planes to monitor rebel activities but would not commit additional troops to the Balkans...
...keeps the other for himself," says Eyestrain, with a sheepish smile on his face. The address isn't attached to the accomplice and each credit card is only used once. Almost all of his hardware has been illicitly gained, and now Eyestrain is using some of it to commit even more cybercrime, burning pirated CDs that he sells for $1.20 each. Hardly the job of his dreams, but it's easy and gives him plenty of time for hacking...
...NASCAR fans, Earnhardt's death was a special tragedy, but for many other readers, it was also puzzling in its senselessness. "What caused Earnhardt to take such excessive risks--a desire to commit suicide in a publicly acceptable way?" asked a reader in Minneapolis. "Those voyeurs of violence paid their money fully expecting this kind of mayhem, and then shed crocodile tears when it happened," wrote a nonfan of NASCAR from Salem, Ore. "Shame on all of them." "If any other sport had a comparable death rate, there would be calls for legislation to ban the slaughter," declared an Oklahoman...