Word: legality
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...sometimes he gets his hands on a cold one. It is a constant source of disappointment to us, as well it should be. Another example is our bulging mail bags feature. We are ashamed to admit it, dear reader, but we do occasionally edit letters for length and legal purposes. If fm were truly a sincere publication, would we not have made you aware of this caveat long...
However, before Khatami gets down to the crucial business of legal ideology, he must first address Iran's economic plight. The massive unemployment plaguing Iranians is only exacerbated by the existence of bonyads, foundations set up by the Shah and nationalized after the revolution. Supposedly instituted to redistribute wealth to the needy, the bonyads operate as little more than corporate monopolies. Above the law, they are neither subjected to audits, nor believed to pay taxes. By making the bonyads more answerable to government, Khatami can both help to reinvigorate the economy and assert the importance of democratic accountability...
...presents a perfect opportunity for Governor Bush's opposition to publicly question his "compassionate conservatism." Bush was unmoved by pleas for Beets's life; when asked Thursday whether he had any plans to halt the execution, he brushed off any lingering doubts and expressed boundless confidence in the Texas legal system. "I will ask myself one question," he said. "Is she guilty of the crime...
...week after Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles announced that the Inn at Harvard building would revert to FAS control in 13 years, another University administrator has said that FAS has the legal right to take over the building at any point...
...Supreme Court dashed those hopes; their decision not to hear Tarver's case sends the condemned man right back to the front of the electrocution line. But, says TIME legal writer Adam Cohen, that may not necessarily be an indication of the Court's attitude toward the death penalty. "It's always hard to read rejections like this," says Cohen. "We can never know the reasons they choose not to hear a case." On the other hand, he notes, "the most liberal Justices - Stevens, Souter, Ginsberg and Breyer - voted to hear the case, and that may be an indication that...