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...three visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors soldiers killed in past wars, among them 14 Class-A war criminals; by the Osaka High Court; in Osaka. Although the court rejected the demands for nominal payments of $90 per plaintiff from Koizumi, the Japanese government and the shrine, its judgment also said that the prime minister's visits?which routinely roil relations with China and South Korea by rekindling resentment of Japanese wartime atrocities?violate a constitutional requirement calling for the separation of church and state. The court's opinion isn't legally binding. Koizumi...
...enforce them too. Space deadlines are uncompromising things: miss a launch window when you're trying to send a probe to Mars, and you will have to wait two years until the planets line up properly again. The danger is that this kind of pressure can cloud the judgment of even the best project managers, leading them to rush as time grows short. For that reason, before a single bit of metal is cut on any spacecraft, J.P.L. bosses draw up what they call an Incompressible Test List--milestones that must be achieved before the spacecraft is certified...
...first glance, their judgment appears reasonable. Lulu, after all, is a stunning femme fatale, who enjoys men’s constant attentions. Despite her experience, however, she remains childishly naïve, carelessly running through and breaking the men she lures...
...what such a snap judgment fails to acknowledge is the artistic achievement inherent in the deliberate replication of a specific form, a talent that Gonzalez wields both powerfully and respectfully...
...Adviser Frances Townsend to handle the Administration's internal inquiry into its flawed handling of Hurricane Katrina has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill. "Anyone who has basically had responsibilities to respond to this should not be the folks looking at it, in my judgment," Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut, a senior Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security, told TIME. Though Townsend is "a tough lady," Shays said, "I don't think she can be objective because, frankly, I would want to know what was she doing in that time, before the storm...