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...record of the case shows that Microsoft does not deserve a mere slap on the wrist and that improving competition in the software industry will require much more. A strong structural remedy is needed, and the government's proposal seems promising. If Judge Jackson considers the remedy proposals with the same prudence and wisdom that he has shown in earlier stages of the case, one can feel secure that Microsoft will pay an appropriate penalty for its actions...
...party's membership, and the rank and file now look set to deliver Blair a painful message about democracy. And because it's a vote for a not particularly serious position, Labor supporters feel they can vote against the government without strengthening the hand of the Conservatives." Still, the slap-down has to sting Blair, who invested a considerable amount of his own political capital in a vain bid to shut out Livingstone. But that's the kind of adversity on which the insurgent Livingstone has always thrived, and Blair's efforts simply turned the election into a referendum...
...Stanley Cup year after year. I’m not old enough to remember legends like Gordie Howe or Bobby Orr. And though Wayne Gretzky might have been a hockey hero in L.A., in my small suburb of New York City he was just some guy to bitch-slap on the Sega Genesis...
...symbol: In 1956, Georgia adopted the rebel flag into its state flag to protest Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that integrated schools. The Confederate Flag does not fly in South Carolina to honor the bravery and honor of Old Dixie. It was hoisted as a slap in the face to the blacks and whites that supported civic equality for all races...
...repression of religious activities, the State Department may risk raising questions about the basic premise of U.S. "engagement" with China - that trade with the West and economic reform will have a liberalizing effect on Chinese society. Then again, even if Washington had succeeded in orchestrating a nasty wrist-slap of Beijing by a U.N. talk shop, it might not have significantly altered the prospects for passing the China trade deal on Capitol Hill. After all, while they cite concerns over human rights abuses, most congressional opponents of the trade deal are out to protect the jobs of the hardworking folks...