Word: humanizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assault weapons should be banned from manufacture and sale throughout the United States. Such a ban is already in effect in a number of states. Furthermore, a buyback program should be created to focus especially on semiautomatic and multiple-cartridge weapons--the sort that are made to kill other human beings...
...quality time, I sucked it up, batted a few of them away with the rod butt and continued casting. I even heard my dad yelp from the stings a couple of times, which, strangely, made me feel a little better. Sometimes having tangible evidence that your father also experiences human pain can be comforting...
...They are an attractive tool for the inexpensive spreading of death," explains William M. Arkin, the chief military consultant to Human Rights Watch, which issued a report about the danger of duds titled "Ticking Time Bombs." The report states that the actual dud rate, as measured in the Gulf War, was close to a quarter of the bomblets, over four times the official Air Force estimate. Arkin said duds result from a variety of reasons and that their fuse work is often shoddy. He added that the cluster bombs have "Gameboy-like electronics," in an effort to create widescale destruction...
...given Indonesia more to lose than to gain by holding on to East Timor, the same isn't true for the militiamen. The unearthing Wednesday of a grisly massacre site where up to 30 victims had been beheaded underscores the fact that some militia leaders may face trial for human rights abuses. There are a lot of hardened men with guns ? and nothing to lose...
Justice for the victims of Pinochet's heinous crimes will not only make democracy fuller and more secure now, it also promotes democracy and human rights in other places and in future times. The countless people who suffered terribly at the hands of Pinochet deserve justice. So do all of us who have thus far been lucky enough to escape from the world's other Pinochets...