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...paean to Robert Kennedy and his long battle against the crime-ridden leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani took on the task that has stymied Kennedy and other prosecutors for the past 30 years. Giuliani, however, comes to the fight armed with a powerful weapon...
Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, written with U.S. guidance, renounces war and the "threat or use of force" to settle international conflicts. That has led to endless discussions whenever new hardware is considered. "The Japanese have great debates over what is an offensive and what is a defense weapon, such as over-the-horizon radar," says Nathaniel Thayer, director of Asian studies at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. "It is like a theological dispute in the Middle Ages...
...change was to drop plans for separate competitions on all six components of the Aegis weapon system and instead go with a winner-take-all scheme. The system protects ships from airborne, surface and underwater missiles...
...been there, Rowan would be the first witness for the prosecution in a misdemeanor court. Instead he now faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon and up to 10 years' imprisonment. Had he killed or permanently disabled the teenager, Rowan would obviously be facing far more serious charges, and the NRA would be a lot less enthusiastic in twisting the incident to fit its own absurd propaganda...
...often, a father cleaning his handgun accidentally fires it on his four-year-old son, or a six-year-old girl thinks the weapon is a toy and ends up killing her two-year-old brother and becoming permanently scarred by the experience. Too often, when a handgun is in the vicinity, a jilted boyfriend takes his frustration out on his ex-girlfriend, or on himself...