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Using laws rather than friendly persuasion to alter Europe's approach, says Sir Leon Brittan, trade commissioner at the E.U. in Brussels, "establishes the unwelcome principle that one country can dictate the foreign policy of others." U.S. allies believe that neither of the new laws is likely to inflict any significant pain on Cuba, Iran or Libya, much less improve their objectionable behavior. The Turkish gas deal is a case in point. "These laws have nothing to do with fighting terrorism," says French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette. Of course, the Europeans do have an economic interest in retaining links...
...this the movie's short-film origins, wherein the director can inflict such goofy ideas upon us only for so long, and movie becomes a dull, mindless exercise. And the tiny stars that should liven things...
...viewer turns her head away for just a moment, the boat vanishes, whooshed out of sight up the Tennessee River by the silent power that is the Eight. And that is nothing compared with the display of force they plan for July. "I think we're ready to inflict ourselves on everyone else," says Betsy McCagg. "We're racers, so that's what we want...
...snub the Children's or the Holocaust museum? The carriers will cross the narrow bridges over the Potomac not once but three times in two days. On Thursday the group moves through the red-hot center of the city at 4:09 p.m., the start of rush hour, to inflict maximum harm...
...world community." The implication is that the PLO, and by extension, we presume, Palestinians, are the barbarians at the gate, to be held back, as in the past, through force. To turn a blind eye, however, to the misery that the state of Israel has inflicted, and has continued to inflict, on the Palestinian population is to ignore the real cause of terrorism...