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Seton said his intent was not in any way malicious toward other candidates...
...Supreme Court case of Gregg v. Georgia decided that the death penalty does not violate the Eighth Amendment. From a "framer's intent" perspective, the Founders could not possibly have meant to exclude capital punishment from the Constitution since the death penalty was quite prevalent in every part of the Union in the late 18th century. If society decides that capital punishment is in fact cruel and unusual, it ought to amend the Constitution to outlaw it; the death penalty thus falls well within the category of institutions to be established by the majority on a state-by-state basis...
Unlike his prior, mostly passive investments in Citi, Apple Computer and Disneyland Paris, this time Alwaleed is buying with an intent to take a more active hand with management. Murdoch might find that interesting. He also might find himself with a like-minded partner. Alwaleed is a global thinker, and in the media business, nobody is more global than Murdoch. The prince apparently hopes that entrenching himself in high-tech media-related outfits may help make him a king of communications in the Middle East--or, in due course, an emperor like Murdoch. Says Alwaleed: "I want to concentrate...
Early in August the bar--which at that point was still called Drumlin's--was bought by two new owners. Intent on putting their own stamp on the establishment, the duo ripped the word 'Drumlin's' off the front of their building and began looking for a replacement...
...brother to be innocent. Indeed, it was David ? a social worker in New York ? who first alerted investigators to the fact that Montana-based Theodore might have been the anti-technology terrorist. But he insists his brother be treated as mentally ill, not a man with the clear-minded intent to kill...