Word: sufferings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Either he was insane or he is a great hero. I mean, who acts on his beliefs? Everyone talks tough, but if he truly believed that I was killing babies, he was a brave enough man to stand up and try to kill me and suffer the consequences. I have seen the videotape of his confession, where he talked about planning the murder. He wanted the death penalty. He prepared for this. He had shot at a target hundreds of times...
...guards while he was handcuffed and shackled. A supervisor stood by, instructing the guards "not to have too much fun." The high court held that the use of such excessive force may constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment even if the inmate does not suffer serious injury. But in a dissent joined only by Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas wrote that the court's decision was "yet another manifestation of the pervasive view that the Federal Constitution must address all ills in our society...
...chances that Paul Tsongas will suffer a relapse or a secondary cancer are difficult to gauge. After conventional treatments failed to eradicate his disease, he underwent a more radical procedure that is too new for doctors to have data on long-term survival rates. The procedure, known as an autologous bone-marrow transplant, was designed to overcome the basic limitation faced by all conventional cancer therapies: in doses sufficient to do their job, they can destroy the bone marrow, the mother lode of all blood cells, red and white. By removing a portion of the bone marrow (and purging...
...turns support for Israel into an endorsement of political amoralism. Rather, it should be how to weigh the rights of Palestinians against the equally pressing human rights of the Jews who occupy the new settlements, many of whom are fleeing religious persecution greater than the abuses that the Palestinians suffer...
...repatriated refugees will, of course, suffer the most dire consequences of this heartless policy. If the administration can trust the testimony of one self-interested Kuwaiti teenager, then shouldn't they believe the words of dozens of "double-backers" and the desperate actions of thousands of other Haitian refugees...