Word: tooled
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...first step toward draining the appeal of Chávezism and restoring the U.S.'s image in Latin America would be to unilaterally lift the embargo on Cuba. The U.S. embargo has never worked as a tool to weaken Castro. Instead it has provided him with a wonderful excuse to hide his failures and justify the island's dire poverty and harsh political repression. The embargo is even less effective now that Cuba is so deeply intertwined economically and politically with Venezuela and other countries in the region. Embargoing Cuba without cutting off its ties to other countries is akin...
...that permanence, researchers believe, that makes siblings so valuable a rehearsal tool for later life. Adulthood, after all, is practically defined by peer relationships--the workplace, a marriage, the church building committee. As siblings, we may sulk and fume but by nighttime we still return to the same twin beds in the same shared room. Peace is made when one sib offers a toy or shares a thought or throws a pillow in a mock provocation that releases the lingering tension in a burst of roughhousing. Somewhere in there is the early training for the e-mail joke that breaks...
...That won't be the last you hear of the flag burning amendment, however. Democrats expect Republicans to use the issue as a mobilizing tool in mid-term elections this fall. And with close to a dozen Senators considering a run for the White House in 2008, they'll all have reasons to use their votes to burnish their credentials with the base. One place you may not see the amendment again for a few years, however, is on the floor of the Senate. Frist is stepping down as majority leader after the mid-terms and McConnell is unchallenged...
...crews and decisive admirals. Ultimately, though, it was the man or the men at the top--those steering the nation through war and peace--who had to understand the great influence that navies could exert on international politics. Sea power, if properly applied by such leaders, was the vital tool for any country aspiring to play on the world stage...
...Ethical Tool A burglar's Leatherman in a surgeon's pocket raises many complicated questions