Word: contending
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...Ariel Sharon believes he's the man for the job, and has been agitating in recent weeks for an even more aggressive Israeli response to the Palestinian uprising, including expanded use of selective assassinations and cutting off water and electricity supplies to Palestinian territories. But Sharon also has to contend with a high negative rating among many Israelis, made worse by his provocative visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount two months ago, which set off the current wave of violence. Waiting in the wings is his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is more than ready to make a political comeback after...
...landmark decision. The high court concluded that the jury in Penry's original 1980 conviction had not been asked to consider his mental capabilities when deciding on punishment. The court sent the case back to Texas, where Penry was once again convicted and sentenced to death. His lawyers contend that in the second trial, jury members did not get clear instructions to evaluate his mental maturity...
...that Penry, who had been on parole less than three months for a rape conviction when he killed Carpenter, confessed to the crime and said, "I told her that I...hated to kill her, but I had to so she wouldn't squeal on me." A clear indication, they contend, that he discerned the gravity of his act. The stay left Carpenter's family despondent. "This is not the way the justice system should be set up," said the victim's brother Mark Moseley, a former placekicker for the Washington Redskins...
...anything," Goodman said, "we now appreciate what kind of job these people in Florida have to contend with...
...others contend that the electoral system actually does not protect states' rights...