Word: protecters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...murder was actually an informer on the service's own payroll. According to Israeli intelligence sources, the informer never told Shin Bet if he had heard the accused assassin, Yigal Amir, threaten to kill Rabin. A state commission of inquiry is delving into the service's failure to protect Israel's leader from homegrown fanaticism, but regardless of the findings, the stature and morale of the Shin Bet have already been shattered...
Tension builds and the film unravels when a boyhood friend of Ace's named Nick Santorro (Pesci) moves to Las Vegas. Nick is an enforcer whose job is to protect Ace. Instead he uses his innate charm and frantic firsts to intimidate just about everyone in Las Vegas. Nick's flamboyant style and brutal methods alienate everyone. When Nick, Ace and Ginger degenerate into a lying, cheating and stealing triangle, the film too gets stuck...
...measure saved the lives of many. Had Israel waited until Iraq actually attacked, it might have been too late. Israel's action is a perfect example of the legitimate and necessary use of force in response to the threat of action. It is an example where force comes to protect the existence of a free society...
...more importantly, he's now the industry's highest-ranking defector. He knows the inside story, and he's going to tell it. That could spell real trouble for the tobacco industry, whose hard-nosed tactics with Congress and the press and in the courts have so far helped protect...
Suppose I believe that human beings are not entitled to any natural rights that I must refrain from violating. Why must I be forced to accept the majority belief that human beings possess certain natural rights that deserve to be respected and protected by law? How can this tenet be forced upon me? Isn't our system designed to protect individuals like me who possess unpopular views and who want to live according to those views...