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...star behind the original 1960 Ocean's Eleven (original in that it came first) and three ensuing, numerical Rat Pack capers: Sergeants 3, 4 Guns for Texas, Robin and the 7 Hoods. Frank and his pals - Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop - weren't trying to commit art, or even make vital entertainment. Really, they had expectations no higher than the Soderbergh-Clooney mob. Both groups were underachievers and proud...
DEFINITION pri-ven-tiv di-ten-shuhn n: Holding someone considered likely to commit a crime...
...state has made some reforms to try and ensure that people don't end up wrongly convicted and sentenced for crimes they didn't commit - the original impetus for Ryan's moratorium. In addition to instituting more court oversight in the last few years, it has provided better training for lawyers in capital cases, more stringent guidelines for what qualifies for death, and put a closer watch on the police investigating and prosecutors trying these cases. Perhaps most importantly, it has set up a fund to even the field in cases that have long favored the deep pockets...
...Michael Moore: I give people more credit than the media and the political machine running this country do. The story line is: France, bad; France, cowards. What crime did France commit? We wouldn?t have had this country without their support in the Revolution. They gave us that statue that sits out in New York Harbor. They responded immediately after 9/11. And they remain eternally grateful for what we did during World...
...million people living on less than $2 a day. In the most desperate pockets of rural India, a confluence of factors, from poor rainfall to the new availability of consumer goods, has driven some farmers into crushing debt. The financial hardships are so extreme that thousands, including Pravin, commit suicide every year. Far from benefiting from the country's new prosperity, whole villages of India's rural poor are being left adrift, eager to join in the boom but unable to afford...