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These are not the only signs to disturb the equanimity of those who work at 10 Downing St. Columnists are trumpeting their scorn for Blair as Bush's "lapdog" and for sacrificing Britain's standing in Europe. The TIME/MORI poll shows that while 52% of Britons think their government gives the U.S. about the right amount of support on international issues, 40% say it's too supportive. One hundred thirty-five M.P.s have put their names on a motion "that this House is aware of the deep unease among honourable Members on all sides of the House at the prospect...
...movement to destroy the mosque built, it said, where the revered Hindu god Rama was born. The Congress Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao, in a modern variation of the Nero legend, slept while the mosque was being destroyed. Even his Cabinet colleagues were not allowed to disturb his sleep, according to numerous statements made by them (after he lost power). Rao rationalized his abdication of responsibility with Machiavellian rationale. The BJP was committing suicide, he argued. Why interfere...
Cabot resident Katharine S. Dain ’04 said the impending move does not disturb...
...that kind of movie-going experience, where you see people as the flawed people that they are. When I saw the ending of the movie, I was totally moved, because it spoke to me. I don’t want everything I do to have this ultimate effect to disturb, although there’s a place for that too! [laughter...
...unfolds in the realm of the difficult. War is an activity conducted in an impeding medium. Wars disturb equilibriums in completely unpredictable ways. Unexpected consequences are the routine. In this context, it is very easy for a President to make effective action impossible. All he has to do is to give orders that set one constraint too many...