Month by month: the year that was

Article Abstract:

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.

United States, Attorneys, Lawyers, Law, 1995 AD

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Technology as a topic for moral deliberation

Article Abstract:

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.

Universities and colleges, Ethical aspects, Technology and state, Technology policy

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Effect of aircraft-cabin altitude on passenger discomfort

Article Abstract:

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.

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, Aircraft parts and equipment, not elsewhere classified, Aircraft Interiors, Health aspects, Evaluation, Aircraft cabins, Airline passengers, Clinical report

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