Word: pleasingly
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In criminal cases, Japan's courts tend to be staunchly severe on rape, gun control and narcotics violations. But the nation's 99% conviction rate in cases brought to trial is not solely due to tough application of the codes. Prosecutors rarely go before the bench unless their...
The main problem with a stretch-out of Brazilian loans is that it would be followed by pleas from other debt-laden countries, including Mexico, Poland, Argentina, Chile and Nigeria, for similar concessions. Brazil's difficulties are only part of a much larger global pattern, and the major creditor...
Is objectivity at last what the public seeks from its reporters? Certainly, in matters as urgent as wars, no one wants impressionistic sketches or first-person pleas for conciliation, but it may be that pure objectivity is sought less than simple completeness, a good eye and ear for detail. People...
Two of the men executed were common murderers. The others-Thello S. Mogoerane, 23; Jerry Mosololi, 25; and Marcus Motaung, 27-were guerrillas of the outlawed African National Congress (ANC), the black resistance movement dedicated to toppling South Africa's white supremacist government. Despite ANC claims that the trio...
The successive waves of immigrants did not readily embrace the new culture, even when intimidated by the xenophobia of the know-nothing era or two World Wars. Says Historian James Banks: "Each nationality group tried desperately to remake North America in the image of its native land." When the question...