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These are three actual excuses which have been (and continue to be) used by those in the know. Use with caution. They're not original, but they're authentic, and no one ever said the CIA was like James Bond anyway. Come on, don't forget George Herbert Walker Bush was head of this blameless organization...
...Western leader, least of all the domestically minded Clinton, really wants to start shooting in Bosnia. NATO's caution underlined how the Sarajevo ultimatum was about saving NATO's credibility as much as saving Bosnian lives. But the new peace offensive also had a Russian impetus. Moscow, proudly proclaiming that its clever diplomacy had made air strikes unnecessary, told NATO it would not countenance any military campaign against its fellow Orthodox Serbs...
Former council member, Anjalee Davis was certainly right to caution the Council against "an orgy of self-congratulation." But no one is suggesting that we're a paragon of successful student government. Clearly, the lack of commitment demonstrated by a number of Council members is a cause of concern...
Part of the problem in living in a society where sex is constantly present but is still taboo as a conversational topic. The media and advertisers send out messages of sex in the same breath that they caution us about AIDS...
Diller had other reasons to err on the side of caution. While serving as chairman of Rupert Murdoch's Fox Inc. in the late 1980s, he saw how excessive debt almost sank that entertainment company. In the end, Diller essentially threw in his hand and let Redstone rake in the pot. For Redstone, the triumph in what he angrily came to call "the cruel, abusive and sometimes ridiculous battle for Paramount" could hardly have been sweeter. With the battle about to end last Monday, Redstone, Biondi and two Viacom colleagues repaired to the posh "21" Club in midtown Manhattan...