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receives petitions from the faithful and obeisance from his followers. Khomeini uses these occasions to speak out on religious and political subjects. Though his precarious health has been complicated lately by kidney problems, which have necessitated an even stricter diet than the one he favors, and by difficulties in breathing, he remains psychologically firm and mentally alert...
...prosecution must prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the defendant was legally sane at the time of the crime. In many states, the defense must show, usually by a "preponderance" of evidence, that a suspect was insane in order to win acquittal. Judge Parker chose to use the stricter guidelines in order to avoid giving the defense technical grounds for appeal. This put the burden of proof on the prosecution. A person is defined as insane, he instructed, if he, "as a result of mental disease or defect, either lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements...
...startling because it is performed seemingly in a sunlit field instead of in a cathedral at midnight. Every Kirov dancer and musician knows a common musical idiom as well. The orchestra takes blithe liberties with tempos-flying allegros, subaqueous adagios-that are a shock to ears accustomed to stricter counts. One needs an entire performance of Swan Lake to absorb the confident, even radical, musical style...
...action follows adoption of stricter refugee policies by Asian countries. Thailand last year declared that Laotians and Vietnamese would be considered illegal aliens instead of refugees and sent to austere detention centers. Since the switch to this "humane deterrent" policy, the number arriving in Thailand has been significantly...
...ordered all 26 commercial banks in the country temporarily to stop processing or issuing import letters of credit and to cease approving applications for the conversion of Nigerian currency into foreign funds to pay for imports. Nigerian businessmen believe that their country will be forced to adopt still stricter import measures later this spring...