Word: proceeds
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...protects national leaders from prosecution. Garzon argues that it does not apply because murder and torture are not legitimate parts of a head of government's job. Britain's Law Lords agreed, and Home Secretary Jack Straw has until Dec. 11 to decide whether he must let the extradition proceed or send the 83-year-old Pinochet home on humanitarian grounds...
...about lawyers. With so many suits, competing attorneys have taken to squabbling publicly over how to proceed and how to divvy up the spoils. In recent months attorneys have crisscrossed the U.S. and Europe to pack their rosters with survivors; in some cases they have rushed to file competing claims against the same company in different states...
Cavanenghi would ask for a volunteer at his show, and if any audience member dared agree, Cavanenghi would proceed with the cannibalism until the audience member begged him to stop, Wilson said...
...judge's decision to proceed had been expected, says TIME writer Adam Cohen. "Consent is not a defense to murder," he says. "Kevorkian wants to challenge the law by pursuing jury nullification," says Cohen -- that is, the doctor hopes the jury will refuse to convict even in the face of overwhelming evidence. Not that an acquittal would overturn the law -- only the legislature can do that. But if Michigan jurors send a signal to state law enforcement that they don't want euthanasia cases prosecuted, Kevorkian -- and anyone else -- would be free to help terminally ill residents end their lives...
...majority of World Wide Web services work, however, allows such information to pass unaltered throughout the Internet's cabling. Any computer connected to a cable used to transmit such information could then easily intercept it. And a user of such a computer could then proceed to wreak havoc on your credit rating. Not good...