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...more than 1,000 per transaction, and has restricted the number of trades for each account to just 10 a day. But All-Tech customers simply -- and legally -- open numerous accounts under different names. Meanwhile, Houtkin has sued the Securities and Exchange Commission in federal court to overturn the rules...
...four years in jail. But Kevorkian seemed unperturbed. Asked if he would defy the law, Kevorkian simply said, "I never speculate about the future. All I do is what's right for the patient." Ever since the passage of the law -- and even with last week's court overturn of the ban -- the self-styled obitiatrist has, for the most part, kept his silence. Following are excerpts from Kevorkian's conversation with Hull...
...stereotype of a Japanese woman as weak and passive is something that Nishimara hopes that the group will work to overturn...
...military's reluctance to enforce the president's order to incorporate gays into the military is further evidence of its excessive power. After four months, the military still has not made an effort to overturn its policy. Instead, it trots out soldiers to say how much they abhor homosexuals. Who's in charge here? When did the president cease to be the commander-in-chief? Did someone forget to replace Bush's picture with Clinton's in the Pentagon lobby...
They were wrong. Last week the senate voted -- unanimously -- not to overturn the ban. What had changed? Citizens swamped lawmakers' offices with calls supporting the ban after Florio stumped the state, appealing to voters to voice their feelings about such weapons: pistols that whip off 10 shots or more from a single clip or the rapid-fire shotgun that drug dealers like to call "street sweepers...