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...they have several options. An unequivocal demand for Jenkins, one that left Japan no way to say no, could run the risk of alienating Koizumi's government. But an outright pardon, which Japan has suggested, would send the wrong message about discipline and desertion to U.S. troops. A third tack, according to one diplomatic source, would be for the U.S. to ask Japan to hand over Jenkins?but not complain when it fails to do so. In that case, Jenkins would be a fugitive from justice and liable to arrest if he ever returns home. Washington has a while...
...others died in the blast and up to 89 were injured, including General Valery Baranov, the commander of Russian troops in Chechnya. Putin's immediate response was to vow that "retribution is unavoidable for those whom we are fighting." But after his trip to Grozny, he took a different tack. He ordered 1,125 more Chechen police to the capital, but also announced that a government team would visit the region to assess its social and economic needs. Alexander Veshnyakov, chairman of the Central Election Commission, confirmed that fresh presidential elections would take place by Sept. 5. The Kremlin...
...engineers and one quarter of its undernourished population. And for the impoverished majority, the message of a "Shining India" rang hollow, at best, or worse, sounded like rich folks showing gloating over their prosperity in the presence of the wretched multitudes. It was hardly surprising that the BJP changed tack just weeks before voting, talking less about the "Shining" than about the need for continuity and stability. But nobody - not the BJP, nor Congress, nor most of the pundits in the land that invented the term - had estimated the depth of popular anger. And that translated into an anti-incumbent...
...kids and said, 'It looks an awful lot like ataxia-telangiectasia,' which we couldn't even pronounce. 'I assume you've tested for this?' All it takes is a $20 blood test. The local doctors just looked at their feet." The Marguses recognized the name (it's pronounced ay-tack-see-uh teh-lan-jick-tay-sha), but all they knew was that A-T was really bad. At home that night they read that about 40% of kids with A-T get cancer by age 12; 100% deteriorate neurologically, so they're in wheelchairs as early...
...familiar with them. You may frown when you hear the words “jib” and “tack.” But understand this: the Crimson co-ed sailors form one of the best teams at Harvard. So good, in fact, it won this weekend’s New England Team Racing Championships twice...