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...feelings in a series of comix for the German newspaper "Die Zeit." The other panelists felt overwhelmed by the idea of dealing with the disaster. "I'm sure it can be done, but boy, the chances of falling into something that is just going to be smarmy are lethal," said Kim Deitch. "Crying superheroes," Burns derisively suggested, though just such a thing has been done (see TIME.comix 9/11 coverage.) "Superman can cry," insisted Kidd, "He lost a whole planet...
More recently, Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz has stated while being interviewed on MSNBC that non-lethal torture would be acceptable to force information from a prisoner where there is “very good evidence” that the prisoner has information that would save innocent lives and refuses to give it. Although he stated that he was not advocating torture, Dershowitz suggested a clinical method of torture using sterilized hypodermic needles to be inserted under the recalcitrant’s fingernails, which he and the interviewer agreed would be excruciating...
...additional discovery of 9 lbs. of a cyanide-based chemical substance, which sparked fears that Rome's water system, which runs beneath the embassy, was the target of a terrorist attack. Upon further investigation, however, authorities learned that the chemical appeared to be potassium ferrocyanide, which is not lethal when diluted in water. It is, however, easily ignited with gunpowder, and suspicion shifted to the possibility that four other Moroccans arrested near Rome last week were planning a chemical attack on the subway or other enclosed spaces...
...perished while gaining little ground. But since Nov. 23 when the Maoist rebels ended a four-month truce and launched a string of attacks across the nation, it has become clear that the rebels, who take as a model Peru's brutal Shining Path, have transformed themselves into a lethal force. Since then, Nepal's civil war has claimed another 900 lives. Peace negotiations have been abandoned; Parliament last week extended the state of emergency by three months and the talk now is of full-scale war. "I no longer believe they are sincere about talks," Prime Minister Sher Bahadur...
...members lovingly refer to it, is a new addition to the extracurricular offerings at HLS. The club got its start last September when second-year law student Sasha Volokh decided to address what he saw as a serious problem on the HLS campus—the absolute lack of lethal firearms...