Word: emboldening
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...wonder some Atlanticists despair of the next four years. ?I?m pessimistic about this,? says one American diplomat. ?I think it?s going to be ugly.? In the worst case, American unilateralism will embolden anti-American forces in the E.U. and result in petty feuds between the two continents. But there?s a more hopeful outcome. Champions of a more integrated, autonomous E.U. have long traded on fears that, as a U.S. diplomat puts it, ?America is going to eat our lunch unless we get cracking.? Now Europeans have the opportunity to move beyond such laments about American hyperpuissance...
...tyrant, arguing that it is often effective only when combined with strong sanctions and, occasionally, force. Among the strongest critics of the U.S. program in Serbia was Vojislav Kostunica, who publicly scorned Western money as outside interference (though his coalition partners were big recipients). And using cash to embolden an opposition can be a tricky business, especially if it slips into support for covert action. Critics say the millions the U.S. has dumped on the troubled Iraqi opposition in exile have produced no results...
...Rick Lazio's Sept. 23 agreement to refrain from the use of unregulated "soft-money" contributions to their Senate campaigns in New York. No candidate would voluntarily refrain from using such contributions without a belief that the public wants big money out of politics. The agreement should therefore embolden politicians to call for the elimination of soft money in their campaigns as part of campaign finance reform. The thorny issues that still threaten the New York agreement, however, will pose equally strong barriers to reform at the national level...
...defense batteries in densely populated areas to target allied planes and provoke retaliatory bombing, and sooner or later he'll get the sort of "collateral damage" images that make the U.S. and Britain look like the bad guys, even among their Arab allies. And that will further embolden others to begin breaking the sanctions regime, cheered on by France and Russia, who both have considerable commercial interest in bringing Iraq back on line. Because with Saddam's power probably even stronger a decade after he invaded Kuwait, it's becoming harder to sell a policy based on sanctions and bombing...
...rest just don't want one. "They think it's kind of cool to say, 'I don't need a stupid lawyer,'" says attorney Gay Conroy, who counsels pro se filers in Ventura, Calif. TV shows like Judge Judy and legal websites like Ed Koch's TheLaw.com may embolden people by demystifying the courthouse. And antilawyer sentiment remains as potent as ever. "This is an era of do-it-yourself," says Kathleen Sampson of the American Judicature Society, an organization of judges and lawyers. "It's the Home Depot approach...