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...Convention. But in 1798, as a leader of the fight against the war measures of President John Adams, he became an advocate of states' rights, urging his native Virginia and its fellow states to resist "dangerous" exercises of federal power. In 1815, when Madison was President, he had to fend off a threat by New Englanders to wield the power of their states against his war measures, which they found "dangerous." Madison had a supple mind--supple enough to reconcile his shifting position, which he attributed to changing circumstances. "The state of things at the time," he explained, was "always...
...better time. There are currently about 1.9 million amputees living in the U.S., a figure expected to jump to 2.7 million by 2020--mainly because of returning Iraq war veterans and patients who lose limbs to diabetes-related complications. "We can't sit back and let helpless animals fend for themselves," says Dr. Erick Egger, associate professor of small-animal orthopedic surgery at Colorado State University. "We need to help them, and more important, we need to help people...
...options. His government is not in immediate danger of collapsing even with the vacancies. So long as Maliki retains the backing of the Kurdish alliance and one of the main Shi'ite blocs, his government has enough supporters to fend off a vote of no-confidence in parliament. And while efforts are under way at the moment to bring Tawafiq back into the fold, Maliki has other alternatives...
...where do I fit in? For six weeks, I'm in many ways experiencing the life of a French student. I live in my own apartment, attend classes taught in French, and have to fend for myself with budget shopping at the Monoprix. With my daily baguette and block of brie, I could almost pass for French (until I open my mouth...
Indeed, Bruguiere has over the years become a recognizable icon in the world of international counter-terrorism: the dapper, pipe-smoking, sleuth whose doggedness and efficiency hunting terror masterminds forced him to pack a Magnum to fend off attacks on his own life. (In recent years, he's swapped the gun for round-the-clock bodyguards, although the nickname it earned him, "The Sheriff," has stuck.) He was known as a hands-on investigator who would literally picked through wreckage of a downed airliner, or rent a boat to enter Libya to investigate the agents he accused of blowing...