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...turned the relationship with Venezuela into a political problem," says Fraga. "Kirchner tried to convince Chavez to accept some of the political cost of the suitcase affair, but Chavez refused to take it." Chavez, Fraga explains, can refuse "because of Argentina's economic dependence on Venezuela." And the political sting of that dependence is the Kirchner's problem...
Mikey Weinstein is a very specific kind of gadfly. When he believes that church and state are intermingling in the military, he goes in with a sting. On Friday, he hit a bull's-eye when the Inspector General's office of the Department of Defense released a report concluding that a former Pentagon chaplain and several generals inappropriately loaned the prestige of their positions - and that of the Pentagon and the U.S. government - to make a fundraising film for a non-governmental evangelical group, the so-called Christian Embassy. The report identified Christian Embassy as affiliated with the group...
Another summer, another headache for British Airways. Staff shortages forced the carrier to ground flights in mid-2004, a strike a year later cost the airline millions in lost revenues, and last August's terrorist alert brought security gridlock to its Heathrow hub. The sting this season: huge fines for anti-competitive behavior...
...week later, it was Brown’s turn to feel the sting of loss on a day that favored neither team with its high winds and choppy waters. Despite losses by the second and third varsity, the varsity and freshman boats all crossed the finish line first, reclaiming the Stein Cup from the Bears...
...economic reality made the results of the Royal Plowing Ceremony even more bitter for deeply superstitious farmers. A member of parliament watching the recalcitrant cows said he thought it was the most pathetic display of bovine appetite in more than a decade. (Making the sting more painful: royal cows at a similar ceremony in neighboring Thailand a few days later ate grass, corn and rice with gusto...