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...death penalty violates our Eighth Amendment right to be free from 'cruel and unusual punishment.'" Some legal scholars contend that state execution can be considered a form of 'cruel and unusual punishment' and is therefore unconstitutional. They argue, on moral grounds, that a society that puts its members to death is barbaric and that barbarism is not consonant with our constitution...
...Even if you're lucky enough to slot in these categories, however, you still have violence, suicide, tobacco and HIV to contend with. All are expected to shoot up the cause-of-death charts in the next century. Best not to tell your life insurance company just...
...Critics contend, however, that with a little basic research, buyers like Searle and his Art Institute advisers can readily ascertain a work of art's true origins. In many cases, dealers known to have bought or sold art for the Nazis turn up in a work's chain of custody, a red flag signaling a potentially looted object. In the case of Searle's Degas, German dealer Hans Wendland, who operated all but openly as a fence disposing of the Nazi trove, apparently transferred the painting during the war. "It's just obvious that people buying art need...
France and Russia contend that military action against Saddam could be self-defeating: if he refuses to budge, the Arab world could rise up against the spectacle of sustained bombing. "Surgical air strikes will not eliminate [U.S.] suspicions," says Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Sergei Lavrov, "and they will raise hell in the region. Blanket bombing will turn everyone in the Arab world against...
...firm, Toru Okada spends most of the time loafing around the house--until he begins to receive a series of phone calls from a mysterious woman. This begins the search for a missing cat (yep, that's right) and Okada's identity. Okada must soon contend with his wife's desertion, the lost cat and a host of zany characters, including a duo of femme fatale psychic sisters, a scheming brother-in-law lusting for political power and a 16-year-old neighbor who would give Humbert Humbert second thoughts about Lolita...