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This does not make the 18-year-old who died defending the Nazi regime a criminal. Nor does it lessen the grief of his mother. But it does lessen the honor due him from the President of the United States. Even among the dead, we are required to make distinctions. It is not just grotesquely wrong to say, as the President said last week, that German soldiers are as much victims as those whom the Germans tortured and murdered. There is also a distinction to be drawn between Hitler's soldiers and the Kaiser's. Mitterrand's choice of Verdun...
...refused to allow the firm to deduct interest and other costs incurred by its subsidiaries in other E.U. countries. The Dutch government estimated the decision would cost its national budget more than €2 billion if other companies followed suit, and quickly set about revamping its tax legislation to lessen the discrimination between national and E.U.-based transactions...
Space, he said, is a much “cleaner” environment for astrophysical observation because infrared light from extrasolar planets is easier to detect when frigid temperatures lessen interfering emissions from other sources...
...logic behind that result is simple. Because an individual’s use of DormAid does not lessen the quality of life of those who choose not to use it, it should be a viable option for the former. As the 20th century has proved a disastrous experiment for Marxism and centrally-planned normative dictates, our campus should be respectful of our fellow students’ freedom of choice and not unreasonably prescribe personal consumption preferences as social ideals. It is DormAid’s mission to increase the quality of life on campus. We hope that in the coming...
...account when it comes to prevention as well. A rigorously conducted clinical trial released last week shows that a low dose of aspirin taken regularly, which seems to help middle-aged men avoid heart attacks, does not offer the same cardiovascular benefits for middle-aged women--although it does lessen their risk of stroke...