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...been abolished do not have significantly higher murder rates than those where it is still on the books. Almost all of the countries of Western Europe have abolished the death penalty, and yet all of these countries have proportionately fewer murders than the United States. This admittedly does not "prove" that individuals have not been deterred from murder by the death penalty, but we certainly have no reason to expect that they have been...
Unforgettable Memories. The Catholic understanding of infallibility has been largely based on the several Scriptural passages in which Jesus enjoins the Apostles to teach all mankind. Si mons, who accepts the common opinion of Protestant scholars on the question, argues that "these texts do not prove or imply infallibility. What they say is only that Christ wanted the Apostles to teach his gospel, and that they had certain knowledge of what to teach. They had such unforgettable memories of all the main events and teaching of Jesus that they could not err in communicating to their audiences. Their infallibility...
...overall federal legislation or individual action by the states, share with the Keeton-O'Connell plan the idea that auto-insurance companies should promptly pay off their policyholders regardless of who is to blame for an accident. The A.I.A. contends that by dispensing with the legal need to prove negligence, a requirement that often ties up insurance cases for years, insurers could not only settle accident claims more quickly but could reduce premiums by an average of one-third...
...revolt against his immediate past he turned back to the present, to the words he had neglected during his years in the Widener stacks. Two years before he had been married, to a newspaperwoman; not one of those who drinks her coffee black and eats the paper cup to prove she's no pansey, but a vibrant and gracious women whose style is as ample as his own. In love, his apprenticeship now over, he must have begun to appraise Miller's legacy. He might have seen Miller's desire to record all of the American spirit as an impossible...
Malin said that Providence should have one or two good players culled from the local high schools. "If these few stars prove effective and if Providence really hustles, anything could happen," Malin said...