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...opting this brilliant advertising campaign. Some might have hesitated to equate victims of this century's greatest plague with the plight of an Ivy League student embroiled in minor-league political controversy. These courageous warriors for justice refused to abandon their quest for increased visibility for the sake of mere taste...
...world economy, and that's not in their interest," says Zagorin, noting that the producers also fear the possibility of an oil price collapse. "So they're going want to have an orderly, coordinated plan for easing the supply cuts." When Richardson comes to town, for its own sake, OPEC is likely to listen carefully...
...Initially, though, it is difficult to determine Raban's individual perspective and intentions. He says that he means to "go to sea in my own boat for the going's sake," but this agenda can often seem less sincere. At times throughout his musings, we wonder whether he planned his itinerary solely for the purpose of writing this book, or that the book evolved from unexpected sensations encountered along the voyage. The conversations with local seafarers range from dryly humorous to patronizing. Along his journey north, Raban often rests at small towns or hamlets. Many are sleepy, quirky, and closely...
...bombs may be for appearances' sake; Israel wants to hightail it out of Lebanon as soon as possible - but symbolic retaliation has a habit of running away with itself. The Israeli military bombed three power stations in different parts of Lebanon Monday night, wounding at least 17 people, and then immediately ordered residents of its northernmost towns into bomb shelters until further notice as it braced for Hezbollah's inevitable retaliatory fusillade of Katyushka rockets. Hours after the air strike, an Israeli soldier was killed in a Hezbollah attack in Israel's southern Lebanon security zone. The Israeli air raid...
...were black, Teresi stopped them cold and seated a panel that has four black members out of 12, twice as many as veteran criminal attorneys say they have ever seen in any Albany trial. As a local lawyer puts it, "Teresi won't be another Lance Ito." For the sake of the police, the people of the Bronx and Kadiatou Diallo, he'd better not be. If this trial slides into chaos, there will be no justice and no peace...