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Most practitioners of the nonapology are politicians who like the passive voice and the conditional. Former Senator Brock Adams never admitted to pursuing anyone but apologized in case he had made "their sensibilities feel affronted." Gibberish is the hallmark of the conditional apology. Newt Gingrich, who pleaded guilty to ethics violations, was sorry "to whatever degree in any way that I brought controversy or inappropriate attention to the House." Senator Alfonse D'Amato said he was sorry "if I've offended anyone," when he knew full well whom he had offended with his buck-toothed, "no tickee, no laundry" mimicry...
...message was couched in the cold, metallic language of the law: "You are commanded to appear and testify" before Kenneth Starr's grand jury on Tuesday, June 30, at 9:15 a.m. Not exactly a Hallmark hug, but to its recipient, Linda Tripp, the subpoena was a welcome invitation--one she in effect had been preparing for since August 1997, when she began secretly tape-recording her long, strange telephone conversations with Monica Lewinsky...
...hallmark of Khatami's campaign for change is his very tentative effort to create a less hostile relationship with the American "Great Satan." Last January he called for cultural exchanges aimed at breaking down the "wall of mistrust" between Tehran and Washington. When Secretary of State Madeleine Albright finally delivered a full-blown response to Khatami two weeks ago, calling on Iran to explore further confidence-building steps and draw a road map to "normal relations," it was the most conciliatory tone on Iran to come out of Washington since Khomeini's revolutionaries held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days...
...rivers and weaning itself off of coal-burning energy. The green paradise, located amid the urban pollution of China's economic boom, provided the perfect backdrop for Clinton to do an environmental take on the salute-the-progress-but-warn-of-the-challenges routine that has become a hallmark of his China trip. "I believe that China has a unique opportunity -- because you're developing rapidly, but later in time than other countries -- to avoid some of the terrible mistakes we made," said the President...
...week at Burger King--or $6,000 a week peddling heroin. There is the mother who is too phobic to sit at the table with her children to eat a meal because this was always where domestic violence began with her ex-husband. And woman after woman chronicles the hallmark of a good relationship in a similar manner to one Buffalo woman who muses, "I guess I got all the conveniences of a nice relationship...I don't get beat...