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...together the form of the Iraqi government to which “limited authority” will be passed over on June 30, and preparing for eventual general elections. This posture may signal its preferred stance, that is to accept specific projects within areas of special competence but to avoid taking over the lead role. The U.N. has become reluctant to accept full responsibility for the so-called civilian side, not only because it can read the perilousness of the situation it would now inherit, but because of its well-founded fears of continued manipulation and scapegoating at the hands...
...spam” to describe unsolicited commercial e-mail back when that decision was popularized without ceremony in the late 1990s. Naturally, the producer of SPAM™ Luncheon Meat (Hormel recommends writing the name of their product in this way to keep intentions clear) wanted to avoid an association between their celebrated canned spiced ham product and the worthless artificially-fabricated garbage that stuffs your inbox...
...Having sidelined the Palestinians, who have been given little incentive to support the plan, the toughest test for Sharon has come in meeting the security establishment's requirement that Israel avoid at all costs being seen to evacuate under fire. It has become conventional wisdom for Israeli strategists today that Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon in 1999 was a dangerous mistake, because it was proclaimed throughout the Arab world as an epic victory for Hezbollah's armed struggle, and led Palestinian militants to launch the September 2000 intifada in the belief that violence could drive Israel...
...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don’t want to have to go out on a limb when they don’t know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
Lehmann, who serves on a joint IRB for Brigham Women’s Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital, said that researchers were too accustomed to using advanced language in their published work, and that more laypeople need to be brought into the IRBs to avoid confusing consent forms and information packets...