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...table," officials in both capitals say contingency plans for an air strike "are not under active consideration as an option now." Most experts say only that the U.S. has the air power and long-range fueling capability to carry out the multiple attacks that would be required to inflict serious damage on Iran's nuclear facilities--but they acknowledge that the U.S. military already has its hands full in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although some in the Middle East fear that Israel might attempt to repeat its 1981 solo raid on Iraq's incipient nuclear bomb, a senior Israeli intelligence officer...
...terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Considering the fact that there are laws restricting how much pain butchers (for lack of a better word for people who work in slaughterhouses) are allowed to subject animals to, there should be a legal limit to how much pain a doctor is allowed to inflict on a fetus. Section 2 of the Humane Slaughter Act, used to protect animals, states that a method of slaughter is deemed legally humane only if “all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical chemical, or other means that...
...University’s academic mission and financial stability.This time, as students want Harvard to sever ties with companies that do business with the Sudanese government, Bok’s views could assume new importance.“We can all agree that an educational institution should not inflict harm on others merely to fatten its coffers,” Bok later wrote in a 1982 book on the social responsibilities of universities. “But it is a very different matter for trustees to use institutional funds to help redress an injustice in the outside world for which...
...bringing his daughter Star to her first-grade class three miles away-a 10-minute subway trip that took an hour on foot during the strike. "Yeah, we're happy to have them back," he says, "but they just chose to strike this time of year so they could inflict maximum damage. It's reprehensible...
...members. It’s difficult to say whether this dubious move was made to provide visual interest or because none of the band members wanted to be associated with the chorus (I would understand the latter). What is clear is that Mike Shinoda has no compelling reason to inflict himself and his “music” on the world through two bands; one was far more than enough.—Elisabeth J. Bloomberg