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...lobbying world, I sometimes--rarely, but sometimes--resorted to language more common to a drill sergeant or a football coach. These regrettable utterances were not directed at my clients. They were usually reserved for those attacking my clients. Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context. As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have a solid record of years of achievement for the tribes, and my respect for them is unbounded...
...fence’s construction began, suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks in Israel have been drastically reduced. This has enabled the Israeli army to withdraw from several Palestinian cities and dismantle key checkpoints behind the barrier. The ad also manipulates the truth by failing to provide appropriate context for its claims. It states that “The wall ‘consists of 25 foot high concrete walls,’” but less than 4 percent of the barrier meets this description—primarily the section adjacent to the trans-Israel highway...
...have no objection to—and in fact fully support—the free expression of legitimate Palestinian viewpoints and rights. However, by falsifying, manipulating, and distorting facts, and leaving context wholly absent, this advertisement serves to spread lies that slander the state of Israel rather than promote the Palestinian cause. Propaganda of this sort in a public forum is libelous, dangerous, and unacceptable, and completely contradicts the aim of civil and honest discourse that is central to University life...
...universal mechanism in the spread of AIDS. “I would say that if we look at economic exchange within relationships, that happens across all parts of the world,” said Luke. “But the giving of gifts connected to unsafe behavior is highly context specific...
...Macs wrapped in anti-materialist satire brings the album to a cringing standstill, especially coming right after the delicately melancholy “Thoughts for the Unknowingly Bored.” “Thoughts” is appealing in its quiet simplicity, though even in the context of a mournful ballad, A + P manages to get bitten by the meta bug again: “The best band’s onstage, and you’ll never see them,” Wilkins sings wistfully...