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...Sung regime removed the legal basis for the "special inspection" threatened by the IAEA. The pullout intensified fears that North Korea may now be capable of producing nuclear weapons; South Korea and Japan expressed particular alarm. International trade sanctions might be imposed, but that threat carries limited weight vis-a-vis North Korea, already one of the world's most isolated economies...
After his move to Germany, he vis- ited Harvard regularly...
...useful, I think, to cast a "cold eye" on contemporary Germany's record vis-a-vis Gypsies and others before we judge it too harshly, to understand where Germany and most contemporary Germans -- for example, the 350,000 who recently marched against racism in Berlin -- stand before we pronounce our easy and self-righteous j'accuse. We might remember, for example, that the German constitution has for decades included one of the most liberal and generous policies toward political asylum seekers anywhere in the world...
...colleague Professor Harvey Mansfield is also fond of grinding an ideological ax vis-a-vis Women's Studies and Afro-American Studies...
...called this student on his "slip," but I could not really blame him for his attitude. In our culture there is widespread hypocrisy regarding alcohol vis-a-vis other drugs. This hypocrisy allows parents to talk about ridding neighborhoods of drugs while enjoying a cold brew and the White House to preach 'Just Say No' while serving wines and champagnes at state dinners...