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Indeed, this argument (championed by former Chief Justice Warren Burger, among others), has always seemed goofy to me. Let's suppose for a minute that all of the historical evidence demonstrating the framers' intent to assert the essential civic right of the individual to protect his family and property did not exist (John Adams, class of 1755, and Thomas Jefferson, for example, were explicit about their beliefs; Adams insisted that Congress not "prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms"). Even if Second Amendment revisionists were right in arguing that the militia...
...says. Another supporter is former Senator Birch Baye, who co-authored the 1980 Baye-Dole Act, which gives the government the power to seize a patent in the name of public health or safety and issue a license. Baye says the CellPro case perfectly illustrates the law's intent: to get new treatments to the people who need them. It may not work, since the law has never been invoked, but neither had anyone ever undergone Murdock's treatment before. And so far the prognosis is good...
...obvious that the intent of the National Review was to express an opinion concerning the fund-raising scandal currently plaguing the Clinton White House and its Asian connections. However, the editors of the magazine do their position a disservice and make no meaningful contribution to the national discussion by resorting to immature, irresponsible and degrading racial attacks...
Gates is not as enthusiastic about that particular idea. Though he tucks his ambition behind wire-framed glasses and a mop haircut, he is intent on moving in on Oracle's database business. After all, it's hard to imagine a task more important to the information future than data management. Microsoft has hired away some of Ellison's brightest engineers, though the impact on Oracle's business has been negligible...
...then, Halmi isn't aiming to see his productions deconstructed in Western Civ classes. In an era when TV is steeped in realism, Halmi's intent is to create lavish spectacles. Like his endlessly hyped 1994 mini-series Scarlett, the non-Margaret Mitchell-written sequel to Gone With the Wind, for which he conducted a $1 million worldwide search to find a star (ultimately actress Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), The Odyssey has been promoted with endless TV ads, a tie-in book and a Website game. The movie's budget went largely to transporting hundreds of cast and crew members...