Word: writs
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...professor as a rather earnest, pathetic wretch—simply doesn’t work. Without an aura of authority, his interactions with the student become painfully dry, drenched as they are in unnecessary pathos. The dialogue moves slowly and desperation is not hidden behind shallow words but rather writ large at all times, making the conversation almost painfully uninteresting. When the professor remarks, as if it were a surprise, that he and the student are much alike, the moment has no meaning. It is obvious that they are both rather tedious whiners. In later scenes, which are supposed...
...rather than the unanimous decision traditionally expected of juries for hundreds of years. And no matter what the outcome of their deliberations, the court’s actions could not be appealed to any court of the United States or of any state—in effect suspending the writ of habeas corpus that guarantees defendants their day in court...
...America. That's fine, but we know that a goodly percentage of the people we're looking to convert don't have televisions. And may not even know who Michael Jordan is. And if what she does is just a version of the "I Love NY" campaign writ large, it's certainly bound to fail. She is said to be behind the use of former ambassador Christopher Ross, who is fluent in Arabic, on al Jazeera TV, and that's certainly a good thing. We'll just have to see what she does...
...following the terrorist attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress to approve sweeping legislation granting the government unprecedented access to suspects? phone and electronic communications. Ashcroft has also appealed for the right to detain foreign nationals for unspecified periods of time without filing charges - essentially a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. But Ashcroft isn?t going to get exactly what he wants, thanks to a peculiar coalition of left-leaning civil libertarians and right-leaning libertarians - united by their fear of government intrusion...
Many Muslim scholars say the Taliban brand of Islam falls far outside most interpretations of Koranic writ. And the Taliban's civic reign of repression has made it a pariah even in the Muslim world. Only three nations--Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates--accorded the Taliban diplomatic recognition, and the U.A.E. rescinded it last week...