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...while Howard may regret his diplomatic faux pas?though not enough to issue an apology?his comment was based on sound principles. At issue is one particular delivery known as the "doosra." It is Muralitharan's secret weapon, a slight-of-hand delivery only he can bowl. The International Cricket Council (ICC), after a series of biomechanic tests, ruled the delivery "illegal" and told Muralitharan to shelve it or face a 12-month ban from the game. Though he insists his action is legal and will be vindicated, Muralitharan has not bowled the doosra in a match since the verdict...
...success depended on knowing the enemy, anticipating his reflexes, using his strengths against him. The Germans were nothing if not logical and disciplined. They knew an invasion was coming and calculated when and where; the Allies needed to throw off those calculations. Do you hit the easiest point, Pas de Calais, only 27 miles from Dover, where Rommel and his men sat waiting? Allied bombers kept shelling the Calais area as though softening it for an invasion, even building dummy landing craft in southeastern England, rubber tanks, fake warehouses and barracks. In Operation Fortitude, Lieut. General George Patton commanded...
...truth is that the impeachment had nothing to do with the rule of law. The country's National Election Commission had already ruled Roh's faux pas to be a minor one. However, what the National Assembly provided was a perfect example of "rule by law"?the opportunistic, unprincipled and entirely situational use of legal statutes by the powerful to gain political advantage. Such a practice has been the bane of unscrupulous Confucian governments throughout East Asian history...
...actually guilty of may simply be political inexperience and ineptitude. Prior to becoming President he served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries?a position that gave him scant preparation for running the country. Small wonder that he has committed a string of political and diplomatic faux pas that have eroded his popularity during his 13 months as President. Roh has to take a large measure of blame for the partisan hostility that has poisoned South Korean politics in the past year. Most damaging for Roh, a self-declared corruption fighter, were the campaign-finance scandals involving his aides, which...
...duty to help those at lesser schools—like Columbia and Yale—break free from social life in the social slow lane and bring them up to speed on the superhighway of cool. Clubs, bars, movies, moving—all passé, bona fide faux pas in 21st-century etiquette. It seems as though everyone has forgotten what it means to “have fun.” While students at Dartmouth, Columbia, even Yale (if one can even call them students) drink beer and frequent parties, we ask of them: have you ever confirmed...