Word: minimum
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...that--has been forced to stop practicing what he still preaches. He has to be concerned that the political and economic systems he holds dear have exhausted themselves everywhere else. Yet his heart is not in economic reform or in political liberalization, and he has grudgingly done only the minimum required to survive...
...achieved a legendary status worthy of the Action Man, and it's not hard to see why: If one is to believe the stories, the Sperm Bank Solution involves minimum commitment, high reward and little, er, labor...
...executed six juvenile offenders this decade--more than any other country. A 1988 Supreme Court ruling (Thompson v. Oklahoma) is widely interpreted as prohibiting the execution of offenders who committed crimes when under the age of 16, but individual states can set higher minimum ages. Of the 38 states that allow the death penalty, 13 set the age at 18, four set it at age 17, and 21 have a minimum of 16 years of age or no minimum...
...death penalty. Wilson spokesman Sean Walsh says the Governor was not proposing any new legislation, merely advancing an idea. Walsh says gangs in California often use underage triggermen because the gangs know that, if the triggermen are caught, they will not be subject to capital punishment. Lowering the minimum age, he argues, would change that practice. "We have people who are literally assassins, and although they may be under the age of 18, they know what they are doing," says Walsh. "We need, as a society, to see if there is some action that can be taken...
Davis says he believes the medical schools' assertion that science courses above and beyond the minimum pre-med requirements are not necessary, noting that many pre-meds must also choose between the Physics 1a: "Principles of Physics: Mechanics", Physics 1b: "Principles of Physics: Electricity, Waves, Nuclearphysics" sequence and Physics 11a "Mechanics" and Physics 11b: "Electricity, Magcrtics and Waves...