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...Juries have been more than willing to award massive judgments to victims of terrorism and their families—$10,000 per day for kidnapping and torture victims, $5 million in solatium for surviving close relatives of those killed, and punitive damages awards of $300 million per wrongful death??but collecting any money at all has been very problematic,” Sealing wrote in an e-mail.In the past, plaintiffs’ have attempted to claim foreign assets that have been frozen by the U.S. government as a source of payment under the FSIA, but debates rage about...
...inevitable urge to make the actions of one’s own family seem more important and meaningful than they actually were. But like so many today, I had lost sight of what his experience really signified. He had been wounded twice—was near death??and returned to the front lines to serve in a unit where the casualty rate was above 100 percent. In an age where the pedestrian is deemed “excellent” and the excellent “unprecedented,” he acquitted himself in a way that...
...villains (Hannibal Lecter, for instance) that are inherently bad, yet charismatic. Jigsaw’s explanation of his crimes fails to convince that the character’s intent—to prove the value of life by forcing people to make extremely painful sacrifices to avoid death??is noble. The rest of the acting is downright abominable, with virtually all victims in the house (“7th Heaven”’s Beverley Mitchell by far the worst) providing shallow and unrealistic performances that are not even good by horror flick standards...
...villains (Hannibal Lecter, for instance) that are inherently bad, yet charismatic. Jigsaw’s explanation of his crimes fails to convince that the character’s intent—to prove the value of life by forcing people to make extremely painful sacrifices to avoid death??is noble...
...Guitar” sees Young wrestling with the problem of death??both physical and creative. The titular guitar performs double duty, serving as metaphor for both artist and art. Young sings, “This old guitar ain’t mine to keep / It’s mine to play for a while / This old guitar ain’t mine to keep / It’s only mine for a while,” as if to remind that both he and his artistic legacy are fleeting...