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...months in prison. In the meantime, the Cambridge Licensing Commission (CLC) is conducting an investigation into the matter; at a March 9 hearing, the CLC plans to consider whether to suspend Louie’s liquor license depending on whether the violation is found to be “blatant, unintentional or a mistake.” We hope the commission—recognizing that the evidence clearly suggests the sale was an isolated mistake—allows Louie’s to remain open...
...Iraq, the third-largest contribution to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain. The move prompted angry clashes between police and antiwar campaigners in Seoul. The soldiers will be deployed in the northern city of Kirkuk beginning in April. Bad Publicity CANADA The Auditor General condemned the government's "blatant misuse of public funds" after it funneled more than $75 million from a public-advertising program to firms close to the ruling Liberals. Prime Minister Paul Martin - Finance Minister during most of the six-year-long scheme - denied he was party to it, and ordered a public inquiry...
Scali said the License Commission is trying to finish the investigation by the next commission hearing, March 9, which will decide whether or not to suspend the store’s license. The severity of the punishment will depend on whether the violation was “blatant, unintentional or a mistake,” said Scali...
Perhaps even more infuriating than this blatant one-sidedness is the masturbatory rhetoric Palmer and his students deploy to defend it. Indeed, it seems that not enough vacuous and fawning praise can be heaped upon Idealism 101, as it is stroked in a single Harvard Gazette profile as “a way of having richer discussion,” “creating a caring community,” “[helping students] envision what they could become,” and helping to “bring about a more humane, peaceful world.” Naturally...
...letters are disingenuous and deceptive—but they could easily be dismissed, if only they were an isolated affair. Instead, they reflect a far broader, more disturbing trend. They are blatant attempts to manipulate editorial pages and fill them with campaign propaganda misrepresented as personal views. The entire operation smacks of utter disrespect for the role of journalism and uninhibited debate within a free society. It parallels the Bush administration’s general approach to the media, which includes a sense of entitlement and contempt—an attitude which is echoed regularly in the White House?...