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...officer assisted the Massachusetts State Police with a downed tree limb on Memorial Drive and Flagg Street...
...Taylor's not a man who can sit quietly," says the Archbishop of Monrovia, Michael Kpakala Francis. "He will try to destabilize whatever government is sitting here." Taylor's support of armed rebellions in nearby countries has turned his neighbors against him, too. Nigeria has gone out on a limb to offer him asylum, and a rejection would earn its enmity. His resignation strips him of presidential immunity, and leaves him vulnerable to arrest by Liberian authorities. Taylor's aides have been calling for his indictment to be lifted before he leaves the country, gambling that a little ambiguity over...
...taxes, patents, workers' compensation and vaccine injuries. Staffed with expert judges--and probably without juries--these tribunals could effectively screen claims, make rulings and award reasonable compensation for actual economic losses, plus pain-and-suffering damages based on a standard schedule: a certain amount for paralysis, for losing a limb and so on. That way we can decide how much money we want to go to victims and how much is available for future health care...
...always been amazed at how children thrive when they do exactly the opposite of what you think is in their best interests. Still, at the risk of encouraging conformity among those who think differently, I want to endorse the power of taking risks, going out on a limb, sticking your neck out, deviating from the straight and narrow, doing all those things that require, not recklessness, but passion, imagination, and commitment. Oh, and don’t forget the suntan lotion...
...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don’t want to have to go out on a limb when they don’t know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...