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Taser enthusiasts argue that even if a few dozen deaths could be attributed to the stun gun, that's a tiny fraction of the 30,000 or so Americans who die from gunshot wounds each year. "What our weapon does is highly unpleasant," concedes Taser CEO Rick Smith, "but it can save lives...
...third Governor General, Masataka Terauchi, assembled 1,855 works of calligraphy, 432 books and 2,000 pieces of celadon, mirrors and other artifacts. Terauchi's collection ended up at Yamaguchi Women's University, according to Nam Yong Chang, a Japanese academic of Korean ancestry, who says only a fraction of the collection was later returned to Korea. Everybody knew what it took to get things done in the colony, says Soji Takasaki, an art history professor at Tsudajuku University near Tokyo: "Japanese plied (Terauchi) with gifts of relics and statues to get jobs or win approval for business projects...
...Cornel West down many paths—some more useful than others—in a quest to see where he can do the most amount of good in the world. He deserves commendation, not scorn; feedback, not insult. Would that any of us be able to do a fraction of good that he has done in the world...
Even with an increase, the Gilbert Grant funding will still be only a tiny fraction of the total $54 million the College awarded in direct need-based scholarships last year...
...what, exactly, is the U.S. government supposed to do about it? The patriotic "national interest" line pushed so hard by steel makers (and a zillion other industries) since Sept. 11 is a bit shaky. Domestic producers could produce a fraction of what they do now and still have enough to cover the defense industry's needs, and even if they all went out of business it's hard to imagine a war that would induce countries like South Korea, Mexico, Argentina and Japan to impose some politically inspired OPEC-style embargo...