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Almost every paper has a different angle: the Journal notes that the announcement will frustrate efforts to prevent North Korea from testing its own missiles; the NYT says the announcement was done in tandem with a harsh public critique of the United States for selling military technology to Taiwan; the Post puts the missile test in the ninth paragraph of a larger story on increased sorties over the Taiwan Strait by Chinese and Taiwanese military jets.
The flaws in their reasoning are easily exposed, and I find that no matter how gently I state my case, I make compelling arguments that frustrate and intimidate my talking partners.
The cigarette-packaging thing reminds me, in an indirect way, of a larger issue I've always found interesting: the deliberate effort to frustrate or annoy the consumer.
The paper added, "The fundamental concern must be whether or not it is actually true that Microsoft can command this market in a fashion that will frustrate innovation."
North Korean security officials say autopsies revealed vinyl sheeting, magnets, large nails, and the like in the animals' stomachs, and call the gift "a despicable trick in a bid to hinder and frustrate nongovernmental cooperation between the North and South."