Word: pariahize
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...instead of an opinion-shaping display of due process and the rule of law that might help restore some measure of trust in the U.S., we have a politicized court with flawed procedures and inadequate protections that could strengthen the perception of the U.S. as a global legal pariah. All this has happened because the White House worries that international tribunals might prosecute American soldiers or officials. This concern is largely misplaced, since international courts are designed to complement, not substitute, national legal systems. Still unwilling to play by international rules, the U.S. has chosen a kangaroo court over...
...assembly "lacks legitimacy," called for the release of "all political prisoners," and extended its economic sanctions against Burma for another year. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, a United Nations human-rights envoy to Burma, dismissed the convention as "a meaningless and undemocratic exercise" that will "[not] end Burma's virtual pariah status." But the generals, who have illegally ruled the country for more than 15 years, are largely deaf to international criticism. Indeed, they have ensured that Burmese state television devotes countless hours to covering the triumph of the convention. Many households have simply switched off their TVs. Faced with falling real...
...streets by bicycle or trishaw, or else flagged down a 40-year-old Mazda B600 taxi, Burma's answer to the Trabant. Exploring the pot-holed backstreets, I came across extravagant faux-classical mansions towering over otherwise destitute neighborhoods where poor sanitation feeds regular outbreaks of cholera and pariah dogs nose through uncollected rubbish. In Burma, it seems, there are only two kinds of new buildings: museums constructed to celebrate the elimination of the narcotics trade and drug villas built on its proceeds...
...reward justified the awkwardness: after years of negotiations with London and Washington, Gaddafi has crated his nascent nuclear and chemical weapons programs. Moreover, he's no friend of al-Qaeda, which loathes his secular state, and is willing to share intelligence to bring it down. The idea that a pariah regime like Gaddafi's can find friends and prosperity through improved behavior is one Blair and George W. Bush want the whole Middle East to register. A new $200 million oil exploration deal for the Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, with more in the pipeline, doesn't hurt either...
...queen used to getting her own way. The two become unlikely friends. But things go awry when Elphaba finds herself on the wrong side of the not-so-wonderful Wizard. He tricks her into using her spells to enslave the animals of the realm. She's turned into a pariah--even Glinda abandons her--and, as if that weren't enough, some farm girl's house has fallen smack on her sister...