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Legally, the Crimson has little influence over this case. However, while decisions regarding his prosecution lie with the English Language Center and ultimately with the district attorney, we implore those responsible for administering justice to be lenient. No action occurs in a vacuum, and Chandrasekaran's crime ought to be considered with the mitigating circumstance that his mischievous actions were nothing more than typical college pranks. Chandrasekaran should pay any damages incurred by the ELC because of the crime, and he should be released. He has certainly already learned his lesson, and undergraduates have been warned by his example. Nothing...
...bottom-line statistics ought to be enough to startle even the hardest of hearts in Washington: Since 1991, sanctions have been responsible for over 500,000 Iraqi civilian deaths. Some international aid agencies estimate that an average of 5,000 Iraqi children die each month. Others say that those estimates are conservative. Infants die from a host of illnesses, almost all of which would have been curable or preventable before the sanctions began...
...Tripoli looks her best at night, glittering out over the Meditteranean. There are no power cuts. Water pressure is strong. Mobile phones are working fine. Still, as the capital of an oil-rich country, it ought to be a lot more polished and prosperous. Which is why the man and woman on the street has so much hope riding on an end to sanctions...
...Could America flourish as the ?Lone Star? of world politics? This is the question you ought to put to your staffers as they prepare for their interagency talkfests. While they are pulling their all-nighters, do invite Tony, Gerhard and Jacques to the ranch, though friends of Bill they are. Bring along your dad. Back then, he had a wonderful knack for the Europeans, what with his masterful handling of German reunification and nato expansion. They trust and respect "Poppy." He would be the best hand on the bridge when the winds get rougher. And they will...
...Part of that is reviving that old Republican righteousness about how big a bite the federal government ought to take out of the people's paychecks. Part is reminding voters that their stock portfolios aren't picking up the slack anymore - hence the reminders about the sagging economy, and the cautious push to make the cut retroactive to the first of this year. And part is convincing Americans that with today's surpluses, what Clinton called the "failed policies of the past" - cutting the taxes of people who didn't really need the money - won't fail this time around...