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...second of my complaints is by far the most serious. In your caption, you malign me yet again, this time by classifying my musical instrument as a trombone. It is with profound regret and shame that I find myself forced to tutor your staff in the most basic distinctions between members of the brass family...
...melodious instrument is no trombone; nay, it is the most noble, most formidable of the brasses, the B-Flat Sousaphone, named after the distinguished composer and band master, John Philip Sousa. Had you termed the instrument a tuba, I would have been satisfied, as the distinction is not one that the uninitiated often grasp; but classification as a trombonist is more than I can reasonably stomach...
...America possesses a special instrument of change and reform -- what might be called the civic crusade. These grass-roots movements about particular issues have repeatedly forced the more rigid political system to follow: in the fight against racial discrimination, the movement for women's equality, the drive for fair treatment of homosexuals, the environmental movement, the campaign against smoking and many others. Not everybody is comfortable with all these crusades and the rights they champion. But they represent an extraordinary American capacity to change perceptions and habits...
Finally, the coroner's report came out: Marina had suffered three skull fractures from a blunt instrument. And the police caught the man who'd been seen following her. He confessed he'd robbed her for fourteen dollars. He needed $45 for a brake...
...real issue is not so much the dollar amount as the nature of the Japanese contribution. So far it's all treasure and no blood, all soft power and no hard. Left to its own instincts, Japan's sole instrument of security policy would be its checkbook. That isn't good enough in a world menaced by the likes of Saddam Hussein. The burden to be shared in the gulf is not just financial cost; it is also mortal risk. If U.S., Saudi, Egyptian, British and other soldiers die in the desert, Japan's billions will have bought more resentment...