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...deliberation on any wartime acts made by Congress, which would cut down on the effects of hysteria. Other protocols would set short time limits on laws that may potentially infringe on the rights of civilians. Stone also stresses the importance of judges with life tenures when it comes to protecting citizens’ civil liberties. Since they are not faced with the pressures of reelection, Stone argues, they are better equipped to protect American freedom. Stone’s work is full of interesting snippets of information that are perfect for the casual reader, the main audience of this book...
...still a number of people who involuntarily lost their jobs.”As the cut-backs may have come largely as a surprise to many workers, this difficult process was made even more complicated.“I had told people that I was doing my best to protect jobs,” Dunn says. “It’s possible something that I said gave the impression there wouldn’t be any lay-offs. But Drew never promised anything. It wasn’t her style—she knew the financial situation...
...says. Until then, Camacho is just focusing on the present; currently, he is considering a project about ladies riflery clubs. “[The clubs] were mentioned offhandedly in an article that I read for a class. They popped up in colonial times as a way for women to protect themselves from Indians and other things,” he says. Although the project is in the early stages of conception, it reflects the usual process involved in the creation of Camacho’s works. “I often find little things that vaguely interest...
...easily understand why the RIAA wants help from universities in facilitating its enforcement actions against students who download copyrighted music without paying for it. It is easier to litigate against change than to change with it. If the RIAA saw a better way to protect its existing business, it would not be threatening our students, forcing our librarians and administrators to be copyright police, and flooding our courts with lawsuits against relatively defenseless families without lawyers or ready means to pay. We can even understand the attraction of using lawsuits to shore up an aging business model rather than engaging...
...with the Palestinians, or even with Syria - or, conversely, by taking action against Iran, although Olmert has toned down his statements on this front and emphasized diplomacy as the solution to the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. But given the level of public confidence in his ability to protect Israel's national security, he may not be given the latitude to make any dramatic moves...