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...Penn before deciding to join a young Crimson squad. Committing to a lesser-known team provided Gibbons with an opportunity countless players hope for—the chance to start immediately. But, such a quick introduction to the new level of play can often prove to be a trial by fire.“We’re asking a lot from him as a freshman,” tri-captain Brooks Scholl says. “We’re putting him against the best defensemen on each team.”While the highly-touted Gibbons clearly possesses...
...better remembered as the revolutionary sex kitten of 1960s French cinema, but these days Brigitte Bardot is better known as a standard-bearer of the anti-immigrant wing of France's political spectrum. Bardot went on trial Tuesday charged with "inciting racial hatred," and in view of her four previous convictions on similar charges, prosecutors sought exceptionally stiff penalties of $22,000 and a two-month suspended sentence...
...Lawyers for the 73-year-old Bardot, who did not attend the trial, argued the offending sections of the letter had been taken out of the context of her militant defense of animal rights over the years, a cause in support of which she has raised and spent millions of dollars. Her work in the area has been hailed by French political leaders and organizations around the world, although more recently French courts have interpreted some of her statements as Islamophobia...
...Bill of Rights—the essence of American civil liberties—contains crucial provisions for protecting free speech, due process, and a fair and speedy trial among other things. The U.S. Constitution, in turn, was arguably a precedent for Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One might assume that as the descendants of this tradition, the people and the government of the United States would believe in the universal application of human rights around the world. However, the opposite is the case–at least for now. Ever since the War on Terror began, the Bush administration...
...rate, a trial-tested formula seems to have been proven once again—thanks a million, Scream. For now, only an advisory note: actually learning to count cards will prove far more rewarding than indulging Hollywood’s proclivity to value audiences over authenticity, and ticket sales over true-to-life adaptations...