Word: gunness
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...change was prompted in part by the new scenarios lawyers are confronting daily. At one time, the great concern was a client's running out of his lawyer's office brandishing a gun. But today's practitioners have to deal with HIV-positive clients who say they're going to have sex with people and not tell them about their infection, or they may have corporate clients with plans to dump dangerous toxins. It is tempting to think the new rule is just an attempt by lawyers to protect themselves legally, but in fact they may be better off under...
...intend to disarm. On the other side, allegations of execution-style killings of ethnic-Albanian men by Macedonian police in one village during last week's fighting highlight the danger that the conflict has already spawned intractable hatreds that will not be soothed by any peace agreement. New gun battles in Tetovo Thursday were a reminder that the fighting hasn't ended despite the planned NATO deployment...
...there a connection? While each armed conflict arises out of unique political circumstances, the economics of insurgency may be similar all over the world. In a nutshell, it's not really a middle class pursuit. Give a young man a gun and show him how to use it, and unless you can later show him a viable career alternative you may have a devil of a time wresting it away from him. After all, besides the passionate embrace of a political cause and the testosterone thrill of meting out violence, insurgency often also represents a viable career path to those...
...white plastic disc up past the 3,000-ml level. It's a version of the high-striker booth at the state fair meant to clear the lungs. The prize is a fit of coughing, which is good for your lungs and which feels like you're taking machine-gun rounds in the chest. But I keep making progress, not wanting to let down my buddies in the ward...
...That his case has become a focal point for U.S.-Japan relations bodes badly for Woodland, as does continuing media coverage of subsequent stupid escapades by servicemen. Over a single steamy week in late July, one U.S. serviceman in Okinawa fired a BB gun at pizza-delivery boys, another tipped over a stranger's motor scooter, another set fire to a car and a Lance Corporal Marine got sentenced to five years in Japanese prison for repeated arson attacks on stores...