Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fall-off in foreign investment, Asia's economic decline, the unchecked corruption allowed by a mix of private and state ownership, and major weaknesses in the country's industrial, financial and legal infrastructure all threaten China's ability to maintain the breakneck pace of economic growth necessary to absorb its burgeoning unemployed population. And that makes fear of instability the dominant motif in the thinking of China's leaders...
...offense on his rap sheet because a pregnant woman was among the casualties of the explosion. While no one can predict what will happen in the Senate, the House approval caught some people off guard. Abortion-rights supporters are up in arms over this latest campaign, worried that granting legal protection to fetuses would undermine existing abortion-rights legislation...
...award ten years running of "most democratic use of an endowment that exceeds $100 million." Members of this club can look forward to secret lunchesand secret community service. Other activities involve allowing a homeless woman to beg outside their entrance because of a lack of a viable legal recourse...
Anne Ferguson, a legal secretary, the kind who wears her glasses on a chain around her neck, got into the virtual-assistant business after taking an online course from AssistU.com She set up Katmango with health insurance, a bookkeeper and office equipment--some free, all used. Right now, she's a bargain at $35 an hour...
General Augusto Pinochet may prove to be one of the most unexpected casualties of the Kosovo war. The former Chilean dictator?s extradition case got under way in London Monday in an international legal climate much different from when he was first arrested last October. Spain wants Pinochet extradited to face trial for the systematic human rights abuses committed by his military junta between 1973 and 1990 (including, but not limited to, torture on Spanish citizens). Chile?s government is arguing that extraditing Pinochet violates Chile?s sovereignty, and that if he needs to be tried it should...