Minority Report

from the cover of newsweeklies. Swaggering his way through foot-thick government reports. He was a scrawny, big-city teenager with a cheap gun in his hand and nothing in his heart but ruthlessness. There were thousands out there just like him, F R E A KO N O M I CS we were told, a generation of killers about to hurl the country into deepest chaos. In 1995 the criminologist James Alan Fox wrote a report for the U.S. attorney general that grimly detailed the coming spike in murders by

the terms for which they serve. A comparison of Germany with Japan is suggestive. The German Basic Law requires all nominations to the Constitutional Court to obtain a two-thirds vote from the legislature, and thereby gives veto power to important minority parties. 76 This means ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 74 The larger course of this discussion will, however, lead us to consider how we may adapt the referenda system to the distinctive needs of a…

following months, when it was discovered that nearly all those arrested were enemies of the Nazi regime. Indeed six weeks after the internment three sons (Heinz, Christian and Anton), but not 57 Report by Pringsheim to Beveridge, 1958.14 Fritz himself, were sent to Canada, where presumably they could do no harm. The Pringsheims were unpopular in Oxford for other reasons. A musical family, they were said to have sung German songs ‘in…

indicações indiretas de uma forma subjetiva. Nas próximas imagens a fotomontagem transmite a mensagem do filme através da sensação que elas passam. Abaixo e a esquerda, a sobreposição de um olho sobre um rosto vendado transmite a mensagem do filme ‘Minority Report’ onde crimes são previstos e evitados pela polícia antes mesmo de acontecerem. Na imagem da direita, a fotomontagem utilizando imagens sobrepostas de forma translúcida, confere uma situação surreal relativa a sonhos,…

Brazil: 1975-2003. American Journal of Public Health, Washington, v. 97, n. 10, p. 1808-1812, oct. 2007. Epub 2007 Aug. 29. ORGANIZAÇÃO MUNDIAL DA SAÚDE. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation on obesity. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO, 2000. (WHO Technical Report Series, n. 894). PAIM J. et al. The Brazilian health system: history, advances, and challenges. Lancet, [S.l.], v. 377, n. 9779, p. 1778-1797, May 2011. POPKIN, B. M. Is the obesity…

"Saint Paul," to the Philippians (chapter 4, verse 8): Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. I chose this because of its haunting and elusive character, which will be with me at the last hour, and for its essentially secular injunction, and because it…

Levels”, contendo um levantamento das atividades correntes dos organismos, órgãos, escritórios, departamentos, fundos e programas no âmbito do sistema das Nações Unidas dedicados à promoção do rule of law nos planos nacional e internacional, 82 ONU, Report of the VI Committee, ONU doc. A/61/456, de 17.11.2006, p. 3, par. 9. 83 ONU/A.G., Resolução 61/39, de 18.12.2006, pars. 1-5. 84 Cf. ACNUDH, Instrumentos del Estado de Derecho para Sociedades que Han Salido de un Conflicto –…

knows that statement, even children trading baseball cards. A business that doesn’t goes under. Men in relationships, who don’t suffer. He who has a woman with a good attitude profits; and he who has the opposite, loses. Sounds like a company’s annual report, doesn’ it? Men will ask themselves how come they are so lucky to have found themselves such a great wife. Half of the lucky are actually lucky. The other half factored in her actions before they tied the knot. They made sure she…

Bibliográficas 1. SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network). Risk Estimation and the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. A National Clinical Guideline. 2007. Report No. 97. http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign97.pdf. 2. World Health Organization. Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation on Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention ofChronic Diseases. 2002. Report No. 916. 3. Last JM, ed. A Dictionary of Epidemiology. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2001. 4. Ferket BS, Colkesen EB,…

vivem em áreas em que os espaços públicos são livres de tabaco e essa política tem, em geral, forte apoio da opinião pública (SCOLLO et al., 2003; ASTHMA AND RESPIRATORY FOUNDATION OF NEW ZEALAND, 2005; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 2007; WHO REPORT ON THE GLOBAL TOBACCO EPIDEMIC, 2008). Uma outra estratégia de controle do tabagismo consiste em ajudar as pessoas a se livrarem do tabaco. É interessante notar que os fumantes são conscientes dos perigos do uso do tabaco e que 2/3…