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...there is a theme to the reconstruction effort, it is "Don't look back." Despite pledges to punish those responsible for the substandard construction of dozens of schools that crumbled during the earthquake and resulted in the deaths of thousands of students, no one has been prosecuted for it. After nearly four months of investigation, the central government announced what any parent could have told you on May 13 - that an act of God may have triggered the schools' collapse, but that shoddy construction and dangerous locations near fault lines left them unnecessarily vulnerable. Even as the rebuilding reaches frenetic...
...there is a theme to the reconstruction effort, it is "Don't look back." Despite pledges to punish those responsible for the substandard construction of dozens of schools that crumbled during the earthquake, no one has been prosecuted for the deaths of thousands of students. After nearly four months of investigation, the central government announced what any parent could have told you on May 13: that an act of God may have triggered the schools' collapse but shoddy construction and dangerous locations near fault lines left them vulnerable. Parents of dead students, who once promised to take vengeance if justice...
...More than half of voters said they are against the government's bailout plan. It's unclear what this might mean for the candidates, both of whom supported the plan. But it could mean voters are in the mood to punish anyone associated with the good old days...
...sickening many more. Its origin is traced to China, where a combination of greed and negligence allow the danger to slip into the food chain. The government downplays or ignores the risks. When the problem becomes so big it can't be denied, leadership orders inspections and promises to punish wrongdoers. The new vigilance leads to other risky products being identified, but officials suggest the problems aren't systemic - just the work of a few bad eggs. The state tightens inspections on imports and finds a few tainted products from overseas, as if to say, "See, everyone has problems with...
...plaintiffs and the RIAA are seeking to punish him beyond any rational measure of the damage he allegedly caused,” Nesson wrote. “They do this, not for the purpose of recovering compensation for actual damage caused by Joel’s individual action, nor for the primary purpose of deterring him from further copyright infringement, but for the ulterior purpose of creating an urban legend so frightening to children using computers, and so frightening to parents and teachers of students using computers, that they will somehow reverse the tide of the digital future...