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...officials expressed dismay at the sentences for Chen and Wang, which were the longest meted out. Senior officials had been working on the cases since last November. Said State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler: "The speed of the verdicts, the limited opportunity afforded the defendants to prepare a defense and the inability of independent observers to attend the trials inevitably raises questions of justice, fairness and due process...
...with one child. Benefits would not increase if the woman has additional children -- unless she gets married. "It sounds like a state-sponsored shotgun wedding," one critic said. "The state has no business dictating who should get married or how many children they should have," said Margaret McMurray, a spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women. "This is Big Brotherism...
...they were injured or killed. The San Diego branch of the Fertility Center of California, not far from the Camp Pendleton Marine base, has set up accounts for 100 military couples over the past few months. But with so many troops shipped out, the pace has slowed. Explains a spokeswoman for the center: "There are very few young men left in town...
...worldwide embargo against Iraq working? Depends partly on what is meant by working, an ill-defined concept. But if State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler is correct in stating that "the aim of these sanctions is to change the behavior of the government of Iraq," the answer is no. The embargo is causing hardship all right, but the deprivation is probably not severe enough to force Iraq to pull out of Kuwait, at least not within any time frame that the Bush Administration could accept...
Imports of industrial goods, raw materials and machinery have been reduced by 90%, according to State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler. Shortages of imported lubricants, spare parts and chemicals are causing production difficulties. Bread, sugar and soap are being rationed...