Contents:* Suing: Our New National Pasttime * On the Lighter Side: Children Who Grow Up to be Lawyers * Tort D'Jour: Didn't Catch the Fairies, But Caught a Pile of LootSuing: Our New National PasttimeIn the greed-focused world of American ...
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It is an abomination to force a child to be a soldier. Although the United Nations has sought to develop a policy to stop this dis-gusting practice, it has failed miserably. Its efforts only increase the world body's power and ...
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American Presidents have spent countless, exasperating hours trying to create a lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Unfortunately, all have utterly collapsed. Now, President George W. Bush is using more stick and less carrot as a means to ...
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There's good news on the energy front. To increase our energy supply, the Bush Administration will tap emissions-free nuclear energy in a way that reduces both nuclear waste and opportunities for nuclear proliferation: spent reactor fuel would be reprocessed by ...
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A New Visions Commentary paper published September 2001 by The National Center for Public Policy Research * 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. In the 1970s, ...
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A massive fire on August 14 knocked out a Citgo refinery southwest of Chicago, threatening to cause gasoline price increases and shortages in Chicago and other parts of the Midwest.1 A similar fire in southern Illinois sent prices soaring earlier ...
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In the greed-focused world of American personal injury lawyers, no good deed goes unpunished. Take, for instance, a simple act of kindness by Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones. In an era when utility infielders make more in one season than ...
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Americans love a good scam. And nowhere more so than in the movies. That's why films like "Tokapi," "Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" are such huge favorites at video rental outlets. When a major oil company scams ...
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Asking, "What can I do?" Americans across the country have responded to the terrorist attack on America by donating blood, comforting the grieving, praying for the victims and their families and memorializing the fallen. In New York and Washington they ...
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As President George W. Bush puts together the coalition to fight the war against terrorism, Americans need to bear in mind who in the Middle East really are our friends and allies. Right now, many of our enemies are pretending ...
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