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...bumpy eight-hour slog. The guards we'd acquired in Musa Qal'eh insisted we stop for the night. "It's not safe to go on," they assured us. We argued with them, as time was tight. After much discussion they relented, but only if we would sign a waiver to excuse them in the event of our deaths. At that point we figured if these men were scared there was probably good reason. We agreed to stay. In the mountains the night is bitterly cold, so we could work in our vehicles without spectators. But the tension had grown...
Modestly advertised, The Paint Show catered to a small audience of receptive undergrads eager to pay their dollars and sign a waiver acknowledging that they would soon be covered in goop...
President Bush's nomination of Bob Mueller as director of the FBI should have raised more eyebrows [NATION, July 16]. As a prosecutor in the northern district of California, Mueller instituted a policy, known as a "Brady waiver," that requires defendants who plead guilty to a crime to forgo their constitutional right to present evidence of their innocence at a later date. Given Mueller's past use of a policy that effectively shields the government from accepting responsibility for withholding and concealing evidence, it's questionable whether he is the right person for the position at this critical juncture...
...push for a state law waiver is well timed, as area emergency rooms are increasingly overcrowded, due in large part to the 30 area hospitals that have closed in recent years...
...have the ability to provide a waiver, but at this point it’s only a discussion of ideas,” Prenney says. “It is important to have a clear profile of the Harvard student population, as well as of UHS care capabilities, including equipment, staff and hours of operation...