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...once-obscure statute drafted in 1789 by the first U.S. Congress: the Alien Tort Claims Act. Originally designed to combat piracy, it fell into disuse until 1980, when courts began applying it to liability for aiding and abetting violations of fundamental human rights no matter where they occur. More than two dozen cases have been filed against firms doing business in developing countries, although to date no judgments have been awarded. Corporations doing business in Burma have come under particular pressure because of protests by the country's Nobel prizewinning opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house...
...creator Matt Maiellaro, budget constraints posed a problem in animating Meatwad--a lovable, dim-witted lump of hamburger who has the power to change his form. "We could only afford to have him animate into three different shapes. But," he says, "it worked for his character. It would never occur to Meatwad to change into something besides...
...obscure statute drafted in 1789 by the first U.S. Congress and known as the Alien Tort Claims Act. Originally designed to combat piracy, it fell into disuse until 1980, when courts began applying it to liability for aiding and abetting violations of fundamental human rights no matter where they occur--a standard similar to one used to prosecute German companies at the Nuremberg trials after World War II. More than two dozen cases have been filed against firms doing business in developing countries. No judgments have been awarded so far, but the potential liability could reach $200 billion...
...representationality makes it more difficult to fill in the blanks created by changes that inevitably occur to art, but Rothko’s Harvard murals continue to have meaning and power...
...year ago, Ashlee Townsend, then 14, was running out of options. At 5 ft. 4 in., she weighed 330 lbs. and had developed Type 2 diabetes--a potentially life-threatening illness that usually doesn't occur before middle age. Ashlee had tried all sorts of diets, but none of them seemed to work. By third grade, she had so much difficulty walking that she started missing a lot of school. Then she underwent an operation that reduced her stomach from the size of a football to the size of an egg. In the 12 months since, she has lost...