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...Winfried Seibert, von Pierer's lawyer, said his client "takes note of the supervisory board's decision with shock and regret and will defend himself" against the allegations. Kleinfeld, who became CEO of U.S. metals group Alcoa Inc. in October 2007, issued a statement suggesting that the whole affair will blow over. "I have great faith in the German judicial system, and that is why I am not concerned about this development," he said in a statement released by Pittsburgh-based Alcoa...
...crucified Jesus with the phrase "Was it worth it?" across the front. "He was very earthy," says Eugene. "He certainly got a lot of facial expressions out of us." With countless interviews ahead, they're now girding themselves for plenty more uncomfortable moments. If called upon to defend the church, says Eugene, he's ready to declare that "Priests are not pedophiles...
...obesity researchers are skeptical - achieving thinness, they say, is not simply a matter of willpower. Research suggests that weight may largely be regulated by biology, which helps determine the body's "set point," a weight range of about 10 lbs. to 20 lbs. that the body tries hard to defend. The further you push you weight beyond your set point - either up or down the scale - some researchers say, the more your body struggles to return to it. That might help to explain why none of the women in Jakicic's study managed to lose much more than...
...Revenge motivated the leaders of the U.S.-based MS, whose initials stand for "Salvatrucha Gang," to order Cortes killed. They blamed him for his failure, while leading the gang inside the penitentiary, to defend his members against an attack by rivals from the 18th Street gang. It had been the worst prison massacre in Honduran history: While the MS slept on the floor of their cramped dormitory, members of the "18" had sneaked in with homemade knives and steel pipes and killed 11 of Cortes's homeboys. The attackers then gutted their victims and triumphantly strung their intestines along...
...graduate of West Point's storied class of '39 (more than 70 of his classmates also became generals), Kerwin famously spoke of the line that he felt must be drawn between those in uniform and those they protect. "The values necessary to defend the society are often at odds with the values of the society itself," he said. "The Army must concentrate not on the values of our liberal society but on the hard values of the battlefield...