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...their decision influenced the verdict. "We weren't thinking, 'We'll have this verdict so another riot won't break out.' That wasn't on our mind," said a female juror, who appeared in silhouette on a Los Angeles news program with her voice altered electronically. "If a riot occurred, it would occur." But a day before the final verdicts, the jury forewoman told Judge Ouderkirk that "one juror has expressed fear for herself and her family...
That's fine -- if companies are interested in investing money now to reap savings later. But many executives insist that scientists have not absolutely proved that significant global warming will occur. While that's true, the evidence was enough to persuade dozens of nations to sign the Rio treaty. Clinton is counting on industry to accept that even if climate change is not a certainty, it's smart to buy some insurance against disaster...
...Washington State, for example, voters must submit their petitions for absentee ballots for every separate election, be it primary or final, or even the random school levies that occur in January. Since such petitions are not accepted for more than a certain window ahead of time, one can't simply mail every card at the beginning of the year. And while senior citizens and disabled Americans may now register as permanent absentees in many states, there is no recognition of such a common absence as college...
While Bok acknowledged in an interview yesterday that the well-paid professions all need well-qualified and talented people, he cited the problems which occur in these fields when the highly-skilled person enters the work force...
...worry about earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters because they frequently affect populated areas. But we underestimate the danger of asteroid and comet strikes because they often occur in the ocean...