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...added, “I don’t know why the world isn’t doing more about it.” Unfortunately, reasons for inaction—cowardice, callousness and indifference—are myriad; justifications are not. Our leaders can no longer plead ignorance. The Bush Administration must act now or face the harsh judgment of history...
...Dartmouth was a perfect example of the need for instant replay in women’s hockey. Immediately after Lydia Wheatley deflected a power-play goal past Ali Boe late in the second period to put the Big Green up 2-0, the sophomore netminder searched frantically to plead her case to an official...
...Council. Gun was going to plead in defense that her leak was necessary to stop casualties in a war - and try to put the shaky legal case for war on trial with her. Prosecutors calculated they couldn't persuade every member of a jury that her leak wasn't an act of conscience they should excuse - and now the government must review its obviously ineffective Official Secrets Act, whose draconian provisions against divulging classified information are not doing much good. As investigations proceed on both sides of the Atlantic about intelligence that was faulty and perhaps deliberately skewed, both European...
...River will win the Screenplay awards, and that Finding Nemo will easily win Best Animated Film; Best Documentary’s a head-scratcher for me, but I’m rooting for The Fog of War, political junkie that I am. As for the third-tier races, I plead guilty to not caring about them...
According to Tanaka, the judge at first said he would be willing to reduce his sentence if Tanaka would plead guilty...