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...past four months. Treaty supporters across the political spectrum believe they're losing support because voters wrongly think the referendum is linked to Turkish E.U. membership (widely opposed in France) or officially surrenders social protections to the free market (as some politicians complain). Others may simply want to punish Raffarin and President Jacques Chirac for unpopular domestic policies like cutting civil-service jobs and trimming social benefits. The Dutch are facing a similarly volatile poll. Most people say they intend to vote on June 1, but a large chunk of the electorate is undecided - and the ranks...
...will destroy the quality of our life,” Hill said. “Harvard’s design plans attack and punish the abutters...
Over a year and a half ago, Bush administration officials leaked the identity of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative, Valerie Plame, to certain journalists to punish her husband for undermining the already spotty rationale for the war in Iraq. On July 14, 2003, the conservative columnist Robert Novak revealed Plame’s profession, citing unnamed sources in the Bush administration. At this point Matthew Cooper of Time and Judith Miller of The New York Times gathered material for stories about the Plame scandal. Cooper testified about one source—Dick Cheney’s chief of staff...
...hard to avoid the irony in Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's suggestion, in the wake of the fall of Baghdad, that the U.S. should ?forgive Russia, ignore Germany and punish France? for opposing the war. On this trip, and Rice's preparatory one, it's more than clear that in fact they're trying hard to forgive France and Germany. And it's equally clear that Russia has no interest in U.S. ?forgiveness? - President Putin is ignoring the Bush administration...
...destabilizing presence in Lebanon to its alleged support of insurgents in Iraq to its funding and protection of terrorist groups like Hizballah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Bush said Syria "is out of step" with U.S. policy in the region, while members of Congress called for the U.S. to punish the Assad government for its litany of misdeeds. The strategy isn't hard to read. As Washington continues its push for change in the Middle East, taking a hard line with Syria is now part of the formula. "Syria is feeling pretty lonesome," says Richard Murphy, former U.S. ambassador to Syria...