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...conceit works so well. If you can read - whether it be a book or highly visible mass behavior - yet refuse to do so, then what might in another context be dismissed as no more than backwoods ignorance is transformed into a vast and palpable moral crime. I'm not certain that Schlink's novel or this film makes that connection explicit. Both have obligations to melodramatic plotting and characterization that to a degree blur the inherent point of the exercise. In the end, Hanna's defense of her crime - she allowed most of her prisoners to die in a fire...
Maybe it’s because the team made a fairy tale-like turnaround last year to make the title game of the ECAC Championship tournament that a certain passion to win each and every game is missing. Perhaps the belief that the team can rely on (and will pull out) a miraculous late-season turnaround is the explanation for the lack of desire needed for winning games...
...proposal was based on previous work by graduate student Remy P. Chait showing that, in some cases, using certain types of drug combinations can make it unfavorable for the bacteria to become resistant to one of the drugs in the combination...
...picture: the most basic rule is that the law is entitled to all the evidence, in order to assure a fair trial. The rules relating to privileges are exceptions to that general rule; rules creating privileges deny the parties access to certain kinds of evidence. The legal theory is that the public's interest in protecting the privilege outweighs the public's interest in having all the evidence for a fair trial. Some are obviously necessary (e.g. lawyer-client), some are more historical than practical (e.g. priest-penitent), and some are quite questionable (e.g. spousal privilege). The theory underlying...
...received a check that covered Thanksgiving week, says he is still due his final paycheck plus compensation for five weeks of vacation time that he says he's earned this year. But Republic's financial situation and abrupt closure sent tremors through the employee ranks. No one is certain that that final accounting will be done to their satisfaction. And Republic has said nothing to allay those fears. (See pictures of the recession...