Word: processing
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...able to end the absurd situation of millions of young Americans beginning their careers oppressively in debt? The answer depends entirely upon the willingness of the citizens of this country, especially college students, to demand a fundamental change in national priorities and to be actively involved in the political process...
...change this situation, but only if students play a leadership in that process. Hold campus rallies, arrange for meetings with your member of Congress, march on Washington. Working together, we can change our national priorities, and make college affordable...
...Depleted uranium is attractive to armorers because of its high ratio of mass to bulk, which gives it the ability to pierce heavy armor. The by-product of the fuel-enrichment process used by nuclear power stations, it contains fairly low doses of radiation, but is acknowledged to carry some risk of cancer and other ailments if directly ingested, inhaled or absorbed through cuts. That knowledge, and the circumstantial link between high rates of illness and service in territories where NATO has fired large amounts of depleted-uranium ordnance, is enough to have European NATO members demanding further discussion over...
...Well, there have been a lot of talks between the army and Pinochet's legal advisters, his family and the government, which has in turn been talking to Judge Guzman, to work out how best to go about this process. Obviously there are strong disagreements among those parties. Some want Pinochet prosecuted, others want him left untouched. But they're in contact to establish mechanisms that allow these conflicts to be resolved through the courts, allowing for some flexibility, as in the agreement to reschedule the interrogation. Pinochet's lawyers had tried everything to stop, delay or interrupt the process...
...reports were simply confirmation of things that many Chileans had known for years. This was simply the military's acknowledgment that these rumors were true. Most of the relatives of people killed that way are unhappy with the process. They want justice, not just the truth. The object of this process is only to gather information; it was never designed to prosecute. Those people in the military who provided the information had their identities concealed. So although it exposed further atrocities by Pinochet's regime, the revelations didn't really change much...