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Residents of McLean, Va., and other single-family enclaves near Tysons are more risk-averse. Members of the 95-year-old McLean Citizens Association (MCA) say they genuinely support Tysons' growth and realize its inevitability - but where, they ask, will the proposed 85,000 new residents play soccer, go to school or seek police protection? "We don't want to see it grow faster than the infrastructure to take care of it," says MCA president Rob Jackson. The task force agrees and wants the county to build a tit-for-tat system into the redevelopment plan to ensure that private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A (Radical) Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl | 6/11/2009 | See Source »

...Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. The 80s brought Rick James and Lionel Richie and The Big Chill - a white, yuppie film with an amazing Motown soundtrack ("Aint Too Proud To Beg" was reduced to dishwashing music). By 1988, Gordy had had enough; he sold the company to MCA, which in turn sold it to Polygram, which in turn was bought by Universal. Really, though, who cares who owns it now? Just pop on one of those numerous greatest hits albums in your collection (or, ok, fine, The Big Chill soundtrack) and recall the glory of Motown. The music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Motown | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...language of the MCA (949a(b)(1)(B), 949d(a)(2), and 949d(b), in particular) is unequivocal: except for clearly defined situations, the accused "shall be present at all sessions." Article 39, UCMJ, is even more stringent; the only provision for conducting a session outside the accused's presence is if the accused is accompanied by counsel at a VTC location for an Article 39(a) session. Nonetheless, based on early military case law, a court-martial is permitted by RCM 804 to proceed, even through findings and sentence, in the event of post-arraignment, voluntary absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Possible Rule Changes for Gitmo | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...significant differences in the circumstances of the two groups of defendants, and in the rights provided them, RMC 804 differs little from RCM 804. Should an accused confined at GTMO be permitted to elect whether he will attend the sessions of his own military commission, contrary to the MCA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Possible Rule Changes for Gitmo | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...Amend RMC 804 to delete Discussion and mirror MCA 949a(b)(1)(B) and 949d(a)(b), requiring presence of the accused at all proceedings, unless removed by MJ for disruption or threats to physical safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Possible Rule Changes for Gitmo | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

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