Month by month: the year that was
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SIgnificant legal events took place in every month of 1995. Many are summarized by month of occurrence. Events highlighted include certification of nicotine-dependent smokers as a class, New York's passage of a new death-penalty law, the decision that juries should not interpret patent claims, Mumia Abu-Jamal's win of a stay of execution, the class action filed by the Oklahoma City bombing victims against a fertilizer maker, OJ Simpson's acquittal, and congressional approval of the Securities Litigation Reform Bill.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Technology as a topic for moral deliberation
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There are tremendous barriers in reconciling the values of science and technology in academic institutions with the traditional ideals of constitutionalism and democracy. Social and moral tensions abound in the relationship between these two. When technology promotes ethical good, the dichotomy between the values of the academe and that of the public sector is not pronounced. However, there are many instances wherein this dichotomy becomes glaring.
Publication Name: International Journal of Public Administration
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0190-0692
Year: 1998
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Effect of aircraft-cabin altitude on passenger discomfort
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The article records the results of a study carried out in a simulated environment of an aircraft cabin on passenger discomfort in relation to altitude on long-haul flights.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
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