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...that they have a useful, if mainly symbolic, purpose. They are often the only way, short of war, for one nation to express its outrage at the conduct of another. Concludes Renwick: "To abandon altogether the idea of recourse to sanctions in response to acts of aggression or other flagrant violations of international law would be to reduce the choice of response to one between military action and acquiescence-an unattractive choice at the best of times and particularly so in a nuclear age." That said, Renwick cautions against any great expectations about what sanctions can accomplish...
...There is no question that the public is confused about the energy situation. I would like to clarify a flagrant misconception by making it perfectly clear that there is no energy crisis in the United States." Michael Halbouty Head of President Reagan's task force on energy...
...business in question is Carnation Company, which has been cited for flagrant violations of widely accepted conduct guidelines for U.S. companies operating in South Africa. The University has not endorsed these guidelines, called the "Sullivan Principles," nor has it established its own criteria for judging the conduct of companies in the troubled African country. It has, however, banned investments in banks that loan money directly to the South African government...
...employer screened my genes, I would regard the act as a flagrant invasion of privacy...
...most flagrant use of this tactic, however, same in the 1980 Board of Supervisors race against Dana, a Pacific Telephone executive Dana also campaigned on Burke's death penalty stance and threw in the busing issue as well. It was aclever tactic, but Burke had never been involved with the busing debate, and the Board of Supervisors had never had any jurisdiction over either issue. When Dana played his trump card on the last weekend of the campaign and defeated Burke, she decided to bow out of elective politics for good...