Word: lethalness
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...Washington state on Tuesday. The approval makes Washington the second state in the U.S., after Oregon, to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. The law permits individuals who have been given less than six months to live by medical professionals to request - and self-administer - a lethal dose of medicine prescribed by a physician...
California has the dubious distinction of ranking second, just behind Florida, in the number of lethal and nonlethal attacks against homeless people last year. It recorded 22, but, says Maria Foscarinis, executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, the actual number of attacks is likely even higher because many are never reported. After a huge increase in 2006 - 65%, some of which is attributed to the video Bumfights, in which people who live on the street are pitted against one another - last year still saw an increase of 13%. Street people, says Foscarinis, live "outside, so they...
...self-defense." The ADF spokesman says "a number of groups" including Afghan police were involved in the fight, which left three Afghans dead. He says the Australians appear to have followed their rules of engagement, and their actions were "appropriate and proportionate in what was a complex and lethal environment...
...just a special guy in his own way,” Murphy said.Though Iannuzzi, Lorditch and Cook’s presences on the field will be greatly missed, the quartet of Richards, Chrissis, Clarke, and Breaux will strive to minimize the loss and keep the passing game lethal for Pizzotti and his offense. “Once they get more experience on the field, they’ll be as dangerous as any of the wide receivers we have,” Pizzotti said. So look out, Ivy League teams. The next crop of Harvard’s receiving corps...
...That's a lethal combination," explains Wren. "Teams that are on base a lot, they wear down starting pitching and get you to that second-tier pitching faster. We've all seen in the postseason how that's very tough on you. There aren't a lot of clubs that have the depth to handle that, night in and night out, especially with the intensity of the postseason...