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In other British press editorials Wednesday, the conservative Daily Mail said that "public opinion is swinging in favor of an invasion" and that "the launch of a ground offensive seems likelier every day"; the Times "that it may take ground troops, backed by massive air power, to drive them [the Serbian forces] out of Kosovo"; the Daily Telegraph that Bill Clinton and Tony Blair should rapidly sanction "the Nato ground offensive that would be required to bring Serbia to heel"; and the Guardian that the West was sending a signal to Belgrade "that ground action is becoming an available option for Nato, should the air campaign bring no acceptable result, but that an opportunity remains for settlement before a decision on ground action is made."
[Lit. to give heel money]
The LAT lead explains that eight years of Saddam sanctions with no indication that they will bring him down or to heel any time soon has led to disenchantment in Western Europe, Russia, and Turkey concerning their continued advisability.
The rationale behind referring to them as “lost” arises from the author's observation of an unfortunate state of affairs: because of an increasingly widespread lack of familiarity with the basic, structural elements of our culture—Greek and Roman mythology, the Bible, literature, and ordinary historical fact—people today are unable to discern the origins of terms like aphrodisiac, Achilles [sic] heel or tendon, meet one's Waterloo, sow dragon's teeth , and hand-writing on the wall , to name a few.
This establishes the immortality of the sole, as well as that of the heel, calf, ankle, and toe.
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