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...lethal injection could amount to cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violate the Eight Amendment. The Court, however, rejected such claims, arguing that, “Simply because an execution method may result in pain, either by accident or as an inescapable consequence of death, does not establish the sort of ‘objectively intolerable risk of harm’ that qualifies as cruel and unusual” punishment. Despite the Court’s willingness to dismiss Ralph Blaze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr., the two of the 3,300 death row inmates in Kentucky who brought this...
Contrary to his public image, Berlusconi desperately wants to be taken seriously. He reportedly told associates after his victory on April 14 that he will use the next five years to establish his legacy as a "statesman." But a longing for legitimation may hamper him more than it tempers him. Berlusconi, once a maverick outsider, looks increasingly like a typical deal-making Italian politico; more a parody than a model of statesmanship. If he wants to make a lasting impact, Berlusconi would do well to harness his flamboyant, image-driven instincts for the benefit of the country. He has proposed...
...sound of the dewel, a stone slab used to call devotees to prayer in rural Ethiopia, in a resonant vibraphone melody. Recontextualized in a jazz setting, the spiritual significance of these melodies transcends religious and ethnic boundaries and reaches a truly international audience. Astatke does not seek to establish an isolated, strictly Ethiopian niche within the arts community, focusing instead on “finding out the Ethiopian contributions” to international art and music. His desire to explore a broad spectrum of hybrid culture typifies the outlook of the second generation. “I don?...
...though the fact of his birth does not make him a “Russian writer,” the utmost seriousness with which he approaches literature, very clearly on display in his debut novel, “All the Sad Young Literary Men,” does establish him as a writer in the Russian model. It is not that Gessen sees no room for levity in “Literary Men”—rest assured, there are plenty of the witticisms that make reading his literary magazine, n+1, so enjoyable—but rather...
...overseeing the nation's airlines. Asked Monday night if the nation's air travelers have endured the worst in the latest round of groundings, Oberstar snapped: "We'll be through the worst of it when they take their customer service initiative directive and tear it up, shred it, and establish a new mind-set that is aviation safety-compliant. What they're doing now is going through the mechanics of what they should have been doing for months...