Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...retired Michigan pathologist who appeared on every television talk show and news program in the country last year in the 24 hours after he helped Alzheimer's patient Janet Adkins commit suicide. He hooked her up to a homemade contraption that allowed her to push a button and send lethal potassium chloride into her veins. A Michigan judge chose not to prosecute Kevorkian for murder, since the state has no laws against assisted suicide, but forbade him to use the machine again. By last week, Dr. Death had found a way around that injunction...
Some leaders in the republics are almost surely thinking about more than just the trade-in value of all that lethal hardware in their midst. They may be asking themselves, What's the ultimate status symbol and guarantee of sovereignty in the late 20th century? One tempting, though dangerous answer: a nuclear arsenal of one's very...
Perhaps this was the vandals' intention. Even if it was not--if they underestimated the lethal potential of their actions, or if they had other intentions than to leave the sukkah standing precariously--the injury they could have caused cannot be ignored. The fact that there was no visible, emotional message does not mitigate the incident; to the contrary, intentionally creating danger and leaving no signal is far more hateful and pernicious...
...When the recklessness of employers becomes lethal, perhaps it is time to call it a crime -- and act accordingly...
...this time, Miami police were not about to let the case go. In a city of devouring violence, where policing is so lethal a job, the idea that a cop killer should escape punishment angered the force. A new police chief, Calvin Ross, pressed for extradition, saying that to let Strachan go would "send the wrong message." It didn't matter that it might have been hard to prove manslaughter, much less murder, in a case that was nearly a half-century...