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Because the issue at stake was one of consent, not assault, the words that Bowen and Safi chose in court to describe the incident were particularly fraught. And according to Clarence Mock, Safi's defense attorney, the term rape seethes with enough emotion to prejudice a jury and is itself a legal conclusion. Once that word is uttered, Mock says, "the skunk is in the jury box and it's hard to get the smell...
...measure - which actually enjoys the support of Phillip Morris, the producer of Marlboro and the largest U.S. cigarette manufacturer - adds a controversial clause that would permit the use of cloves as a cigarette additive. Phillip Morris, a division of Altria, spent $5 billion in 2005 to buy a controlling stake in Sampoerna of Indonesia, a large maker of clove cigarettes...
...most hotly contested in memory, and turnout may reach historic highs. Seaside cottages are renting for half price on the balloting weekend as Turks plan to flock back to the cities to vote. Conspiracy theories are rife as parties accuse each other of undermining Turkish democracy. At stake are policies vitally important in Turkey and beyond, including the question of whether or not to send Turkish forces into Iraq, Turkey's stalled membership talks with the E.U., and economic and democratic policies at home. On most of these issues, Turks are deeply divided...
...every critic is convinced. Jutta Kill of the forest advocacy group FERN worries that rich countries will use forestry credits as an excuse to avoid reducing industrial emissions. What's certain is that avoided deforestation gives tropical nations a vital stake in the efforts to slow climate change by not forcing them to choose between development and the environment. Indonesia is already pushing for deforestation to be included in any post-Kyoto deal at the climate- change talks this winter. Let's hope it succeeds. It's time to save the trees, so they can save...
...Atlantic, but there's a Category 3 political tempest raging inside the Hurricane Center's Miami headquarters, where a large swath of the forecasting staff is calling for new director Bill Proenza to be fired. "The effective functioning of the National Hurricane Center is at stake," says a newly released letter, signed by seven forecasters, which also urges the Center's overseer, the Commerce Department, to dismiss Proenza "as quickly as possible...