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...sure that the women did not feel pressured to participate in the research for financial reasons (they will be reimbursed for expenses directly related to the study, including travel and child care, if needed). The women who agree to donate will also be required to sign a detailed informed consent form...
...during the night, could not be identified - because he was an innocent man. Ireland's Supreme Court had ruled that a 71-year-old statutory rape law was unconstitutional, because it did not allow the accused to argue that he honestly believed the victim was above the age of consent. The immediate result was that Mr. A walked, but the decision's effect rippled powerfully throughout the country. The Irish edition of the Sun, Britain's leading tabloid, called Ireland a pervert's paradise, and its rival the Mirror warned families to lock up their daughters. The government immediately appealed...
...America sit back and await victory. They said America could be patient if it strengthened its democratic allies so their desperation did not push them into the arms of the communists. From that came the Marshall Plan. They said America could be patient if it nurtured alliances based on consent, because such alliances would outlast the Soviet bloc, which was held together by brute force. Thus, NATO. And they said America could be patient abroad if it democratically solved problems at home, something the Soviet Union could not do. After the Soviets launched Sputnik, John F. Kennedy said America...
...unilaterally redraw its border. After all, Olmert had actually campaigned on the promise of acting unilaterally to finalize Israel's borders, and he has made no secret that he sees Abbas as a lame duck. The Palestinian leader is not trusted by the democratically elected Hamas government, without whose consent no deal is credible, and he is pretty much ignored by as much as half of the rank-and-file of his own Fatah organization. Even at the height of his powers he had been unable to act against the armed wings of Hamas and Fatah, and his powers have...
...their investigations. "As a policy matter there are set procedures [police] should use instead of sidestepping them for convenience sake,? says Siy from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, phone records are customers? private property and phone companies can disclose them only with the consent of the subscriber or with a subpoena from law enforcement. The act applies only to telecom companies, however, saying nothing about third parties selling records. "I can give a pass to the average American being confused as to the legality of [buying phone records]," says Douglas. "But Law Enforcement...