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...trial of Cedric Harrison, 17, who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing a man during a carjacking. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week suspended jury selection, known as voir dire, to consider the prosecution's argument that cameras in the jury room would distort both the makeup of the panel and its later discussions about the case. Fourteen of the 110 potential jurors from surrounding Harris County had expressed discomfort about being filmed during voir dire and had been excused from service. Said the prosecutors' brief: "The desire to serve on a Survivor-style reality-television...
...marijuana’s harmlessness is precisely what the ONDCP campaign is trying to cover up. The gun ad ends with white writing on a black screen that says “Marijuana can distort your sense of reality.” And then fades into “Harmless...
...candor on all sides. Afterwards, if we are convinced that a new Iraqi war’s results would not end up in the plus column for life and liberty—or, more chillingly, if we believe that Bush’s unspoken motives for invasion would distort his perceptions to the point that any positive results would be undone—then we should oppose war in Iraq wholeheartedly. But the time has come to leave behind this inordinate attention to the president’s motive and psychological state. For all I care, if he gets...
...starter homes, says Peake, consumers are demanding a family room, a master suite and an upstairs game room--known locally as a Texas basement. On the upper end, McMansions built to the lot line and stuffed with media rooms, gyms, home offices and oversize three-car garages can distort the look of a neighborhood and result in exteriors that even their designers find distressing. "People don't seem to care," says New Orleans architect Mark Schroeder. "They want all the house they can possibly have...
...Sept. 11 attack was a nihilistic act, and we distort the memory of the tragedy when we pretend that the victims died for a purpose, patriotic or otherwise...