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...national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, has long advocated a postwar diplomatic strategy of punishing France for its opposition to the war, the French and other critics may see the burden of occupation being shouldered mostly by the U.S. as punishment enough for Washington's going it alone with a narrow coalition...
...soldiers after the operation, Dan and his unit moved into the casbah at 2:30, using their preferred mode of transport--their feet. "You have to walk very, very carefully," he says. In groups of two to four, the unit slowly picked its way through the winding, narrow streets of the casbah, somehow managing not to arouse anyone inside the darkened houses along the route...
...dispute over the public display of religious monuments is so narrow-minded. As separate as we'd like to believe church and state are, doesn't U.S. currency declare "In God We Trust"? So what's wrong with a religious display in a state judicial building when every American's wallet contains money with a religious motto on it? JENNIFER JOSEPHSEN La Crosse...
...Eisner: The only difference between what he did and what I did is the fact that his Jew was an evil man and the presumed characteristics of the Jew -- the money-clinging, tight-fisted, narrow-eyed character -- was what he capitalized on. For example, Dickens' depiction of another villain [in "Oliver Twist"], Sikes, makes no mention of nationality...
...also advises college-age women to date for the experience, helping them to narrow down the qualities they are looking...