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...wine list, for example, has a playful informality, with whites and reds divided by personality rather than type or terrain. Bottles of Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay turn up in the “Mid Weight, Refined But Lively” section, which could easily double for an appealing personal ad, while “Rustic, Spicy and Earthy” (too PSLM for me) houses Shiraz and Carmignano. Though leaning heavily on Italy, the cute categories are a veritable United Nations, with Argentina, Turkey and even Massachusetts fielding delegations...
...CORRECTION: Two weeks ago Gossip Guy reported that notorious jackass Corker Q. Picker ’02-’03 was suspended by the Ad Board for punching Helen Vendler. In fact, Picker was booted for effeminately slapping Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner ’70 in the back of the head. Gossip Guy regrets the error...
Stith purchased her bike, a black Suzuki Intruder 800 with blue flames and everything, in the fall, after responding to a want ad in a Boston paper. She had tried to purchase her bike from a dealer but discovered that such a plan would not be feasible on her limited budget...
...would the Staff choose for such an important task? And if the fact that Israel is the target of the inquiry particularly troubles the Staff, why should Israel be evaluated by a different organization than other nations? The United Nations is imperfect, as are all institutions, but creating an ad hoc commission packed with Israel’s allies would hardly allow a legitimate investigation...
...Ad-hoc tribunals exist and function for very different reasons than those underpinning the ICC. They are instruments of powerful nations for imposing a solution to a limited and particular problem. The Nuremburg trials and the Rwandan and Yugoslav war crimes tribunals are all attempts by strong nations to impose some sort of settlement on an unresolved, horrific injustice that moved the strong nations to outrage. It is the force and motivation sparked by this outrage that enables them to function in the absence of laws, procedures, and institutions for enforcing “international justice...