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Editorialists congratulated the judge and jury for proving (in contrast to the O.J.
As a bill lifting an embargo on money for international family-planning programs passed the Senate Tuesday, Feb. 25, legislators congratulated themselves for their concern for poor women and children in developing countries.
He really congratulated the cops?
France could be in for a period of weakened, indecisive government . " Le Figaro of Paris agreed that Jospin would be weakened, but in an editorial congratulated both Strauss-Kahn on his "panache" in resigning so quickly, and the French people on their desire "that Latin societies behave more and more like Anglo-Saxon ones in demanding responsibility and probity from their leaders."
Editorialists of all persuasions congratulated the court for reaffirming that no one is above the law--"the message is right," said the Washington Post . Legal analysts were amused that the court's conservative justices had suspended their usual worship of executive privilege.