Word: silva
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...with his knowledge during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war. The court has asked the Netherlands to be host to Taylor's trial because of concerns that his presence in Sierra Leone could lead to more unrest. If convicted, he will face multiple life sentences. Says Desmond de Silva, the court's chief prosecutor: "His presence in [our] custody sends out the clear message that no matter how rich, powerful or feared people may be, the law is above them...
...These dissimilar waters represent a dichotomy within the Latin American gauche. On the one hand, there is that represented by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Since his 2002 election, Lula has worked with the markets, introducing reforms to increase income equality. Although corruption scandals have become a Katrina for his political capital, and might even sink his reelection campaign, his whale-sized Brazil sails toward a richer more equal future...
...Silva called for a more “sophisticated” discussion of attitudes to sexual harassment on campuses...
...Private college students were more likely to say that they had been sexually harassed when asked directly if they had been sexually harassed, but less likely than public school students to say that there was a sexual harassment problem on campus,” Silva said...
...suggesting that one line should be drawn or that AAUW should be the one to draw it,” Silva said. “But it seems that this is something that students are really grappling with...