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Most recently he picked, as his special envoy to Yugoslavia, a man known neither for an effective negotiating style nor for foreign policy expertise but, rather, as a man of strong will, few convictions, and a tendency to move slowly.
Presenting this statistic without also saying the total number of convictions of crimes of each sort leaves the reader ill-equipped to determine what it really means.
Is it just me, or do the non-labeling youth lack the courage of their convictions?
As convictions go, it's not the most original around, but it's not a terrible one either.
Once the North and Poindexter convictions were thrown out, there was little point in his trying to lock up other officials whose behavior, while far from exemplary, was neither venal nor as outrageous as that of the ringleaders going free.