Word: safes
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Many of those responsible for the worst atrocities not only remain free, but they also retain power in the towns and cities where they wreaked such devastation, in a position to begin all over again. "The only way Bosnians will ever feel safe," says Ivan Lupas, a human-rights investigator, "is if those responsible for the killings are punished." Deputy prosecutor Blewitt says at the Hague, "People explain this war as revenge for atrocities done in the past that were never punished. We have got to stop that cycle." The countrymen of the perpetrators also need the balm of justice...
...Clinton, the decision carries some risk, since he is always in danger of looking weak on military matters. But with people like Schwarzkopf on the side of a ban, Clinton has some cover. Politically, the issue is safe since Bob Dole backs Leahy's measures. Moreover, the International Committee of the Red Cross is an outspoken opponent of mines, and Dole's wife Elizabeth is on leave as president of the American Red Cross. "A lot of the Republicans think this 'Let's ban mines' stuff is stupid, but because of Elizabeth Dole, nobody's willing to take the thing...
...DOLPHIN-SAFE COMPUTING...
...these pills safe? Not everyone agrees. Twenty-two neurologists petitioned the FDA last winter to delay approval of dexfenfluramine, citing studies that show it causes brain damage in laboratory animals ranging from mice to baboons. Critics are also concerned about an increased risk of pulmonary hypertension, a condition that can lead to heart failure. The FDA, however, judged the threats minimal. Proponents point out that dexfenfluramine has been used abroad by millions of people over the past decade with no major problems...
...ancestral homes of the Tigers, Red Sox and Yankees tell much different stories, of Ty Cobb and Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. These parks, and safe-for-now Wrigley Field, are baseball's Libraries of Alexandria, the repositories for its greatest treasures. The memories, which distinguish baseball from every other American sport, are the reasons we can't give up the game even after it abandons...