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Another popular misconception was that students with SM suffered from emotional or physical abuse and that their silence stemmed from an effort to keep the trauma secret. "That was presented as fact until the late 1980s," says Black, "even though there was no proof." There is still a dearth of scientific literature in the field, he says, in part because the people in the best position to offer insights into the disorder's crippling effects--the affected kids--have so much difficulty communicating...
...been the easiest option for Missouri teens seeking to get an abortion without telling their parents. But the new Missouri law that makes it possible to sue anyone who provides an abortion to a Missouri resident under age 18 without written consent of a parent has Hope demanding proof of age of all prospective patients...
...Takafumi Horie himself. The college dropout, who started what became Livedoor in 1997, is the author of no fewer than 17 books celebrating his moneymaking, cash-grabbing ethos, with titles like ?Earning Money is Everything: From Zero to 10 Billion Yen My Way?. He appeared to be living proof of his boast. Over the past five fiscal years, Livedoor has acquired 27 companies, increasing revenue 22-fold to nearly $800 million. He has also been an aggressive financial democrat, constantly splitting his stock so that younger and less well-off Japanese can afford to become shareholders. If you had bought...
...President signed the McCain amendment into law. In the wake of Abu Ghraib, the amendment banned all "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment of U.S. military detainees. For months, the President threatened a veto. Then the Senate passed it 90 to 9. The House chimed in with a veto-proof majority. So Bush backed down, embraced McCain and signed it. The debate was over, right? That's how our democracy works, right...
...bill should be just as important as that of Congress." That is, of course, a very strange idea--which is why, until then, signing statements had been sporadic and rare. Courts have always looked solely to congressional debates in interpreting laws Congress has passed. In laws with veto-proof margins, the President's view is utterly irrelevant. Alito seemed to concede that at the time, recognizing the "novelty of the procedure and the potential increase of presidential power...