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...State Colin Powell, I was dismayed to read that when asked if France would suffer consequences for opposing the U.S.-led war, his answer was yes [NOTEBOOK, May 5]. The Bush Administration is busy patting itself on the back for "liberating" a country from a dictator who brutally punished anyone who opposed him, and yet our leaders are threatening to punish another country because it had the temerity to disagree with the U.S. Bush may want to look up the definition of hypocrisy. LORI MILLER Orange, Ohio...
Others cited allegations that Blair’s race—he is black—contributed to his swift rise and to the failure of his editors to punish him for his mistakes...
...observers say sanctions would be a waste of time, because foreign trade with the North is already negligible. "Shortages of power and food are a natural thing to [North Koreans]," said Lee Sang Man, an economist at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Shutting down legitimate trade and aid would punish ordinary citizens, but it would probably do little to undermine Kim, who maintains power through repression and a system of payoffs and perks for his top officials, bankrolled by drug trafficking and covert arms sales. Only a full-scale blockade could choke off those funds...
...Athletic Department would be right not to punish the rugby team for this incident involving its players. There was no property damage and there is nothing deeply harmful about a couple of guys in their birthday suits running through a town park. This occurrence has highlighted the need for certain changes, but if unnecessary disciplinary action is contemplated, the relative innocence of the streaking should be taken into consideration. For proof, just peek into the Yard tonight as hundreds of Harvard undergraduates relieve their stress running in Primal Scream. If anything, nudity has become a time-honored tradition...
Talk about sore winners! The White House revealed last week that it's exploring ways to "punish" the French for their opposition to the war in Iraq...