Word: favorable
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...transgression, including wholesale murder, is understandable. In real life, good men may try to gulp down the black bile of their devastation and move on. They would answer Bernard Shaw's question to the 1988 Democratic candidate for President - "Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?" - in Michael Dukakis' measured tone, putting principle above vengeance. But that heroic restraint wouldn't make for a good movie. Then again, neither does the drearily sadistic Law Abiding Citizen. (See pictures from Nigeria's budding film industry...
...states restrict sex offenders' movements in some way; North Carolina's law is hardly the strictest. In Georgia, registered sex offenders can't live or work within 1,000 ft. of places including schools, churches and child-care centers. Courts there have waded into questions of religion, ruling in favor of the right of offenders to partake in activities including volunteering in a church kitchen, attending adult Sunday School and singing in a church choir. (See pictures of a drive-in church...
Harvard came out onto the court of Newman Arena with all cylinders firing and quickly established a 4-0 lead. The Big Red recomposed itself and assembled an 8-2 run to get back in the game. With the momentum in its favor, Cornell cruised on to a 25-21 set win, refusing to yield the lead once...
...possible, though, that the committee may have done Obama one favor: the prize may remind him that the person most responsible for his employment status today is George W. Bush. Obama ran a good campaign, sure, but he resonated with Democrats and then with other Americans because he looked and sounded and acted like change. And while the Nobel crowd's fury over Bush may be over the top, it's a reminder that he was a uniquely unpopular leader who left the U.S. in a uniquely lousy situation. Obama was never more popular than he was when...
...when reality bites, it chomps down hard. The Nobel Committee cited "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Some of those efforts are faulted by his critics - those who favor a missile shield for Poland or a troop surge in Afghanistan or a harder line on Iran. But even his fans know that none of the dreams have yet come true, and a prize for even dreaming them can feed the illusion that they have. (See the top 10 Obama-backlash moments...