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...learned from Saddam Hussein: When the other guy rattles his saber, you?ve got rattle yours right back. And so the White House made clear Friday that any Chinese military action against Taiwan would bring retaliation from the U.S., following reports that Beijing had warned Washington that China might "punish" Taiwan over its leader?s demand for an end to the "One China" policy, which maintains that democratic Taiwan and the communist mainland are one nation that will eventually be reunified. "The U.S. is being very careful not to repeat the mistake that preceded the 1991 Gulf War, when Washington...
...universal standard of behavior among forces serving under the U.N. flag," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "The problem is that it only really works if enforcement is universal too, and Annan?s proposal still leaves it up to the home country of the troops to actually prosecute and punish violators. In practice, that dilutes the the code, because we?ve already seen that different countries don?t apply the same penalties or strictness in applying codes of conduct." Consistent standards could be upheld, of course, by the proposed International Criminal Court of Justice currently under discussion...
...industry's view, the reliance on fees amounts to a fair deal in which the best customers pay the least--and best doesn't necessarily mean those who have no balance. Instead of charging everyone a uniformly high rate, as in the past, the issuers offer lower rates and punish the offenders. "This is the best time to be a credit-card consumer," argues George McCane, senior vice president of corporate affairs at First USA. "Rates are as low as they've ever been [national average: 15.8%], and for those who meet the regulations of the agreement, they stay...
...Jones legal team, whose deposition of the President set off the entire impeachment avalanche, had asked for nearly $500,000. But Judge Wright said the sanctions were "not imposed to punish" but rather to compensate for actual loss. Although Clinton?s lawyers said the penalty should be much lower, on the order of $33,737, they accepted the judge's ruling. "Judge Wright has always made clear that if Clinton wanted to litigate her contempt findings, he risked opening up a whole can of worms," says TIME magazine White House correspondent Jay Branegan. No one at the White House likes...
...although Clark has struggled offensively, his size--the six foot, six inch, 215-pound forward is the biggest member of the team--allows him to punish opponents...