The legislation puts into effect the conditions agreed to by the United Kingdom when it signed an international convention outlawing the use of the weapons, which have been responsible for killing and maiming thousands of civilians in conflict zones.

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In theory, there's a law against that kind of thing, passed in order to avoid a lot of killing and maiming, but since Maria Shriver, the state's first lady, has been photographed at the wheel with her mobile phone, it must be all right.

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The traditional notion that corporeal resurrection and restoration would accompany the Day of Judgment seemed increasingly implausible to many Americans who had seen the maiming and disfigurement inflicted by this war.

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