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...defense batteries in densely populated areas to target allied planes and provoke retaliatory bombing, and sooner or later he'll get the sort of "collateral damage" images that make the U.S. and Britain look like the bad guys, even among their Arab allies. And that will further embolden others to begin breaking the sanctions regime, cheered on by France and Russia, who both have considerable commercial interest in bringing Iraq back on line. Because with Saddam's power probably even stronger a decade after he invaded Kuwait, it's becoming harder to sell a policy based on sanctions and bombing...
...rest just don't want one. "They think it's kind of cool to say, 'I don't need a stupid lawyer,'" says attorney Gay Conroy, who counsels pro se filers in Ventura, Calif. TV shows like Judge Judy and legal websites like Ed Koch's TheLaw.com may embolden people by demystifying the courthouse. And antilawyer sentiment remains as potent as ever. "This is an era of do-it-yourself," says Kathleen Sampson of the American Judicature Society, an organization of judges and lawyers. "It's the Home Depot approach...
...clear was the extent to which President Clinton's own hands are tied domestically. Following on the heels of the nuclear test ban treaty debacle, the WTO failure may usher in an open season on the lame duck President's foreign policy. Clinton's defeat in Seattle will certainly embolden those congressional forces that had vowed to turn down the President's deal with China over WTO membership, putting at least a question mark over its passage in an election year. But what's bad for Bill Clinton may not be altogether bad for Al Gore, and the Seattle debacle...
...this bull market. And we lend too much of a veneer of professionalism to those who would gamble away life savings on random, short-term moves. Let's stop confusing these two contingents before we scare those who have the confidence and skills to be their own adviser and embolden those who should know better than to bet instead of invest...
...making Milosevic more compliant." It had been left to Russia to coax symmetrical concessions out of NATO and Belgrade to kick-start the peace process. While the Chinese embassy bombing may make the West a little more inclined toward peacemaking gestures, the storm of criticism facing NATO may also embolden Milosevic's defiance...