Word: deem
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...brand of writing, then, springs from both a natural personal interest in the unfamiliar and a desire to open new worlds for readers. “As a writer, you’re always making choices, and the very first choice you make is what you deem worth writing about,” Orlean commented...
Furthermore, we deem the administration’s efforts to solicit input from students inadequate. Although we appreciate the work that has been done thus far—student representation on select committees, a handful of open discussion sessions, accepting e-mail feedback and surveying students on their broad opinions—the level of student engagement in the process has been undeniably insufficient. Of course, this lackluster response does not come as a surprise, considering that the substantive parts of the review happen behind closed doors. We are confident that if the review committees were to release public notes...
...link the disparate populations of jaguars. It would extend from Mexico through Central America to northern Argentina. Jaguars have lost half their habitat in the past century, and much that remains has been fragmented by logging and ranching. Experts have identified 51 conservation areas in 16 countries that they deem essential for the long-term survival of the largest American cat. One potential break in the corridor--the Panama Canal--turned out to be no problem at all: paw marks showed that jaguars can swim across the canal in both directions...
Those are just some of the questions raised by the Guantanamo ruling, and by another one concerning Yaser Esam Hamdi, a U.S. citizen imprisoned since his capture in Afghanistan in 2001. In that case, the court decided that while the President can deem American citizens "enemy combatants," he cannot deny them access to a lawyer and a chance to answer the charges before a "neutral decision maker." The Supreme Court left it to the Bush Administration and lower courts to devise a way for Hamdi to challenge his detention...
...convicted murderer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, ruling that he should instead be sent to a psychiatric unit for treatment. The court upheld his March conviction, but ruled that he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the 2003 killing. Mijailovic can be released if psychiatrists deem him recovered. Probable Cause FRANCE A preliminary government report concluded that the partial collapse of a terminal building at Charles de Gaulle airport in May, which killed four passengers, was likely caused by metal support struts piercing the tubular structure's concrete shell. Their Day in Court YEMEN...