The condemned men perpetrated a litany of horrors, but the rationales for putting them to death — a decades-delayed catharsis for the victims' families, a lottery-slim chance that some future violence will be deterred — are as close to their expiration as Arkansas's supply of midazolam.
I would hope that we would not be deterred from going as high as the old towers were.
Knowing that a nuclear attack on Israel or America would result in its own prompt annihilation, Iran could probably be deterred, just as other nuclear powers have been.
They have cited that long-held goal to buttress their argument that Mr. Kim cannot be deterred peacefully as the Soviet Union was during the Cold War.
Climbing down would make Israel look weak both to Hizbullah and to other foes who need to be deterred, such as Hamas today and, possibly, a nuclear-armed Iran tomorrow.
Why can't we make a deal?" says Knox. Swapping kidneys and other organs is something that has been fantasized about for years, only to be deterred by scientific obstacles, as well as thorny legal and ethical concerns.
After reviewing statistics on domestic violence, the Casey decision notes, We must not blind ourselves to the fact that the significant number of women who fear for their safety and the safety of their children are likely to be deterred from procuring an abortion as surely as if the Commonwealth had outlawed abortion in all cases.
We must not blind ourselves to the fact that the significant number of women who fear for their safety and the safety of their children are likely to be deterred from procuring an abortion as surely as if the Commonwealth had outlawed abortion in all cases.
But, speaking in the Capitol shortly after Mr. Bush's remarks, the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, and the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said they would not be deterred from pushing the president as hard as they could to bring the troops home.
