Word: swifts
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...environment where a single phrase can cause so much consternation, it's no wonder the White House was both swift and remorseless in burying the Pentagon's proposed Office of Strategic Influence. When word leaked that the office's mission would include the spreading of false information to foreign journalists, the White House knew what it had to do. "It was dead when it was born," sniffs one aide. Their pride wounded, Defense officials complained privately that they never had a chance to explain themselves. It's not as if the White House and State Department have changed many hearts...
...Sudeten Germans were "Hitler's fifth column." "According to Czech laws," Zeman said, "many Sudeten Germans committed treason, a crime which at that time was punishable by death. If they were expelled or transferred, it was more moderate than the death penalty." The reaction from neighboring countries was swift. "Zeman's statement filled me with consternation," responded Edmund Stoiber, the conservative candidate for German Chancellor in the September elections. Stoiber is premier of Bavaria, where many Sudeten Germans settled, and his wife is from a Sudeten family. "The expulsion of the Sudeten Germans cannot be justified under any circumstances...
...Khan, international human-rights groups like the million-strong, 40-year-old organization she had been tapped to head were in danger of becoming complacent. "Sept. 11 and everything that happened after, all the antiterrorist legislation, the rapid rolling back of civil liberties in so many countries," put a swift stop to that, says Khan...
...principle more than anything else that has led to general student satisfaction that Harvard’s own Willy Wonka, University President Lawrence H. Summers, will greet any future self-indulgent cries of “Daddy, I want an oompah-loompah now!” with the swift revocation of the golden ticket to the Harvard candy factory...
...action was justified by the Archdiocese’s new “zero-tolerance” policy for alleged molesters, which was developed as a response to scandals over the past months that have uncovered hundreds of potential victims. As a result of the Cardinal’s swift-handed “responsiveness,” Rev. Spagnolia can no longer live at St. Patrick’s rectory in Lowell. His ousting was spurred by the accusation of one man who claimed last week that when he was 14 years old, Spagnolia had twice sexually abused...