Word: lethalness
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...deadly laminitis; and thousands of fans around the country who sent cards, flowers, candy and prayers for his recovery. Barbaro himself endured the ordeal with fortitude and poise, with patience and even sweetness. Alas, facing yet another painful siege of laminitis last week, Barbaro was put to sleep by lethal injection, but not before he came to represent the noblest qualities of his breed--as the humans around him came to represent the best of theirs...
...that can zap rioting protesters, forcing them to flee without inflicting injuries. But the U.S. military's Active Denial System - which shoots a beam of electromagnetic radiation, causing its target to experience a burning sensation - is just the latest attempt to make crowd control more effective yet less lethal. Unlike traditional brute-force methods of dispersal - such as rubber bullets and batons, which can maim or even kill - a new wave of hi-tech crowd-control gadgets promises to keep the peace without causing casualties...
...wrong to do this deal. Why? According to Greene's brain scans, the second scenario--the "up close and personal" intervention, he calls it--more thoroughly excites parts of the brain linked to emotion than does the lever-pulling scenario. Apparently the intuitive aversion to giving someone a lethal push is stronger than the aversion to a lethal lever pull...
...Gates has no options. The U.S. has badly damaged both Iraq and itself, and it is time to bring the troops home. Military powers can no longer invade and successfully occupy other countries. Readily available explosives, lethal light arms and portable rockets can give any group of determined insurgents and suicide bombers the tools to defeat a foreign army, no matter how militarily superior it may be. If we want to change the world for the better, we must lead by example and by helping, not by bullying with our armed forces. John Hilberry New York City...
...Gates has no options. The U.S. has badly damaged both Iraq and itself, and it is simply time to bring the troops home. Military powers can no longer invade and successfully occupy other countries. Readily available explosives, lethal light arms and portable rockets can give any group of determined insurgents and suicide bombers the tools to defeat a foreign army, no matter how militarily superior it may be. If we want to change the world for the better, we must lead by example and by helping, not by bullying with our armed forces. John Hilberry New York City...