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...mentioned a number of them - you have a traffic jam that delays you, is this a genuine traffic jam? You may have a flat tire [en route] to a target. Is it one flat tire? Four flat tires? [Any denial of access] you have to report. If it is flagrant, then it is easy. And if it is trivial, then it is easier [to decide on how to respond]. But there may be cases in which it is difficult to judge. It's going to really be a matter of common sense...
...week's Monday-night game against Seattle, Owens pulled a Sharpie pen out of his sock, signed the ball and handed it to his financial adviser, who was sitting in the first row. Some, including NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, found the stunt showy, but Owens was not fined for flagrant memorabilia creation. Instead, in a move akin to nabbing Al Capone for tax evasion, Owens was fined $5,000 for having his jersey untucked, an "equipment violation." Owens blamed the problem on opposing players tugging at his jersey. Maybe they just wanted an autograph...
...Saturday night, the restaurant was deftly crammed to capacity, with an additional 20 or so people spilling out onto the sidewalk, mostly cliquish undergraduates. Spirited conversation thrummed. And yet, despite the thick sheet of ambient noise and constricted seating, it slenderly avoided becoming just another frantic Oriental eatery with flagrant fluorescence and brusque service. Dark wood panelling. Sparing, warm lighting. And a host of perfectly poised waiters dexterously weaving in and out of the non-spaces between tables, taking orders and refilling glasses with a bit too much of a graceful flourish...
...representatives from holding personal stock in companies in which the university invests significantly. Harvard, however, has a much more lenient policy on conflicts of interest—a policy that should be altered in light of these alarming revelations. These changes would begin to address Harvard’s flagrant disregard for ethical investing...
...objective of "regime-change," given that non-interference in the internal affairs of nations is one of its founding principles. But the UN is committed, by its own resolutions, to destroying Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs and preventing their reemergence, and that commitment - and Saddam's flagrant violations of his obligations - looks set to become the "trigger" issue used by the Bush Administration to claim international legitimacy for any new attack on Iraq. Bush's speech challenged the UN to enforce its own resolutions, or surrender its credibility...