Word: shinning
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...system, the nation would be lurched back to old-style Thai politics, and tainted justice?or even more familiar?sanctimonious injustice. Thaksin had been charged with failing to declare assets when he was Deputy Prime Minister in 1997 and parking those hundreds of millions of dollars worth of his Shin Corp. shares in his drivers' and maids' accounts. Thaksin's defense consisted of testimony ranging from blaming his wife to stating everybody did this (or at least every billionaire did this) and that, at any rate, it was an honest mistake. Most Thais, inasmuch as they follow politics, believe Thaksin...
...risk. Israeli officials claim that cases are also being investigated against army chief of staff General Shaul Mofaz and air force commander General Dan Halutz over actions taken in the course of the current intifada. And the appointment as ambassador to Denmark of the former head of Israel's Shin Bet security police, Carmi Gillon, may be in jeopardy after Danish justice minister Frank Jensen warned that Mr. Gillon could be charged under the U.N. convention against torture as soon as he lands in Denmark. In an interview with a Danish newspaper, Gillon had admitted that under his leadership...
Carpenter’s suicide is the sixth suicide at the school in the last three years. Last year, Elizabeth Shin killed herself in the same dorm by setting herself on fire...
...Texas A&M on Sept. 3, it was without both its starting goalkeeper-1999 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Cheryl Gunther-and its leading scorer from a year ago, Beth Totman. Gunther eventually returned three games into the season, but Totman never made a full recovery from her shin sprains and missed the entire year...
...apology to China sounds exactly like what I used to say when I got into trouble at age 11. Back then, if I kicked my sister in the shin, my mom would grab my shoulder and make me apologize. After some hedging, I'd say something like, "I'm sorry your leg hurts," and try to run away. Of course my mother would then grab my neck and make me give a real apology. But the Chinese government could never be as strict as my mom. Is this what international diplomacy has come to--puerile finger pointing, posturing and pseudo...