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...officials win a pardon; two others have new troubles...
...captain who besieges a city," said Machiavelli, "should strive by every means in his power to relieve the besieged of the pressure of necessity, and thus diminish the obstinacy of their defense. He should promise them a full pardon if they fear punishment, and if they are apprehensive for their liberties, he should assure them that he is not the enemy of the public good, but only of a few ambitious persons in the city who oppose it." Machiavelli would have been much pleased by Brezhnev's speech. It singled out the ambitious "enemies," and was rich in references...
Outraged congressional critics considered it the most shocking Executive pardon since Richard Nixon was let off the Watergate hook. Under the budget that President Reagan sent to Capitol Hill last week, the Department of Energy division charged with prosecuting oil companies for past violations of price-control regulations would have its annual allocation slashed from $35 million to $6 million. Fumed Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan: "This adds up to amnesty for the oil companies and the public be damned...
...annoyed in the metro. Say "pardon" many times. Assume an air that suggests. "Yes, indeed! I speak French...
...Paris. When people at work ask where I live, I say "the 7th instead of "Rue St. Paul." I stand up in the metro at all times. and when I want to get off I push people and mutter "pardon" and act annoyed. I have learned to say "merct" when in doubt. My maitre d'hotel understands that I do not eat breakfast...