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LEGAL RESTRAINTS Illegal immigrants who physically resist deportation from Spain will now have to wear straitjackets, ostensibly to prevent them from self-harm...
...1970s, South Africa's first black tycoon fought for six years to become a racehorse owner when the Jockey Club of Southern Africa (now known as the National Horseracing Authority) was a white-only bastion. But once he was admitted (after a lengthy legal battle), he couldn't resist the temptation to needle his adversaries. "I called my first horse Another Color," the 80-year-old Maponya recalls. "On his third time out, Another Color came scorching home. At 400 m out, he hit the front, and the commentator was screaming: 'Another Color is coming up! Another Color is taking...
...once did, but almost every day one of our children or grandchildren comes by, or a friend, or even someone I've never met before. Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that...
...Mosque seem to be sympathetic to the opponents of extremism. Whenever the silent majority remains silent, those countries fall prey to military or theocratic dictatorship. Let us hope that the Pakistani people do not present their country on a silver platter to the mullahs. They must be vocal and resist any attempt of takeover by the clergy. K.B, Kale, Jakarta...
...Nobody likes to be accused of prooftexting, but in a soundbite culture, it's hard to resist - so darn tasty. Here's a typical exchange: Opponents of gay marriage cite Leviticus 18:22: "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. It is an abomination." They also like Romans 1:26-7: "For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions... the men... committing shameless acts with men." But gay marriage defenders note that Leviticus also orders the faithful to stone mouthy children to death, and that the "dishonorable passions" passage can be read to equate...