But it speaks volumes, the residents contend, about disparities in living standards that are related to the color of one's skin.
In 100 days in 1994, prosecutors in Arusha contend, about 7 out of 10 of Rwanda's Tutsis were wiped out with a brutal efficiency.
The Working Families Party analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics reports and contends that about 97,000 people in Nassau and Suffolk would benefit from a $7.15 minimum.
The lawsuit, filed in Elbert County Superior Court, contends that about 300 defendants who cannot afford their own lawyers are "left to languish in jail" because they are not provided legal counsel.
Jennifer Rubin, who writes frequently about foreign policy and the election on her Washington Post blog, acknowledges that "it's very hard for the media to make candidates talk about a topic they don't want to talk about," but contends that journalists and debate moderators need to keep trying.
"No one I know would say 'my homeland.' " She notes its recent pairing with the word "security," which she contends "is not about security, really, but more about control.
Mr. Cheney contends that pessimism about the economy, including a deepening sense of foreboding about consumer spending, is overdone.
He contends that concerns about munis are overblown.
But Mr. LaValle, the Brookhaven supervisor, contends that concerns about tax revenue are shortsighted.
Micrel's case, Ms. Welling contends, raises questions about those safeguards.
