Word: interests
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Still, some Brazilians do accept that the outside world has a legitimate interest in the Amazon. Jose Lutzenberger, an outspoken environmentalist, notes that the Brazilians trying to develop the rain forest are themselves outsiders to the area. "This talk of 'We can do with our land what we want' is not true," he says. "If you set your house on fire it will threaten the homes of your neighbors...
Last week McAfee got his wish. Superior Court Judge Edward Johnson of Fulton County, Ga., ruled that McAfee's right to refuse life-sustaining treatment outweighed the state's interest in preserving life. "The ventilator to which he is attached is not prolonging his life; it is prolonging his death," said Johnson. With the court's authorization, McAfee plans to move from a nursing home to a friend's apartment and end his life by using a mouth-activated timer to shut off the ventilator after medical personnel have sedated...
...very open to listening to our description of what we thought Ron Fox had done for students," said Barry Fisher, a member of the student group Alliance for Public Interest Law. "He was not open to restoring the position, but he was open to rethinking what he had planned...
...every business executive has an intellectual interest in poverty and a spare $7 million on hand to fund research...
...particular, the former head of the National League of Cities says he has a personal interest in reinforcing ties between the IOP and the new Taubman Center for state and local government...