Word: freedom
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...Burma in 1999 were both released early after serving only a fraction of their jail sentences. Good news for them. But Burmese can hardly expect the same treatment. If Suu Kyi is convicted - and Burmese courts have a frighteningly high conviction rate - few expect the Lady to taste freedom anytime soon...
...abortion than those who are older, perhaps because their first baby pictures were often taken in utero. I also wonder if younger women are now sure enough of their sexual autonomy and their choices generally that they don't view limits on abortion as attacks on their overall freedom. The calculation of rights subtly shifts, and the fetus, as it develops, asserts its claim on the conscience...
...scrambling to find other options to fill the time off. "To get my stipend from Kirkland, I can't take on any other paid legal work," says Marshall, whose job is now set to begin Nov. 30. "So I'm just going to take advantage of a little extra freedom this fall." (See how Americans are spending...
...power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it." -From her book, Freedom from Fear, published...
...authorities in motor sport's blue-ribbon championship ended without agreement Friday, failing to settle an ugly row over plans by the FIA, Formula One's governing body, to impose a voluntary $60 million budget cap on teams next year. Those who accept it will then have greater technical freedom to upgrade their cars beyond the current tight bounds...