Saturday, March 3, 2007

Apologies in the News, March 3, 2007

Politics Means Sometimes Having to Say You’re SorryNew York Times - New York,NY,USAGraham Dodds, a political scientist at Concordia University in Montreal, who has studied political apologies, said of Mrs. Clinton, “She comes from a ...

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: SF - we want to be ...Politics.ie - Ireland
Such a development, bringing the leaders of unionism into the political institutions, would represent an enormous step forward in the essential process of ...

DEBT FORGIVENESS -- The answer to the Call for Reparation
Democrat Newspaper - Basseterre,St. Kitts and NevisAlready, the descendents of the colonizers have been dishing out apologies or considering issuing "statements of regret" and saying how sorry they were that ...

Political storm over Government's decision about De JuanaEiTB - Euskadi,Spain... they were not interested in "causing difficulties" to the Spanish Government by making apologies to the extreme right, nor by raising the victory flag. ...

Seoul angry over Japan WWII sex slaves remarkMSNBC - USAThe statement said the comment "made (us) doubt the sincerity" of Japan's repeated apologies for its wartime past. "We once again urge responsible leaders ...

Jade of India: How did nation react to charm offensive?
Independent - London,England,UK
She repeated her apologies to Ms Shetty. She said she never understood what to be underprivileged truly meant. And she donated £50000 to two children's ...

Tardy trustee's apology misses the point
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
While Batiste's written apology was welcome, it should be noted that no one would have faulted her for simply arriving late to the meeting. ...

Vadnais Heights / Robber's apology leaves judge coldPioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
The sentence came after Mata pulled a piece of paper from his jail jumpsuit and read an apology. He described himself as an "irresponsible, young, ...

Allentown's mayor owes an apologyAllentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski owes an apology to the residents and officials of Center Valley, Macungie, and the entire region. Comparing drug dealers and ...

Virginia's apology for slavery adopted stronger stand after ...Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USAThe proposal was amended from an apology to an expression of "profound regret" for slavery after Del. Frank D. Hargrove, R-Hanover, said that "our black ...

Former sex slave demands Japan apology in WWII rowChina Post - Taipei,Taiwan
Japan has publicly apologized to the 200000 or so former sex slaves, but Lee said she demanded a personal letter of apology and compensation from the ...

ACP requests apology from air hostsKutztown University The Keystone - Kutztown,PA,USAAlso in the e-mail, the NAACP explained that they wanted a formal apology from the hosts. The responsibility of writing the apology fell on Lonergan because ...

Hate Column Prompts Panel Discussion, ApologyNBC 11.com - San Francisco,CA,USAThe Fang family, which has run Asian Week for 27 years, issued a letter of apology on the front page of the newspaper. Ted Fang spoke at the meeting and ...

Ann Coulter Should Apologize forStudent Operated Press - Vero Beach,FL,USAby John Lillpop. "I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab ...

Officials apologize for HIV snafu
Contra Costa Times - CA,USABy Barbara Feder Ostrov. State health officials apologized Friday for a mail mix-up that exposed the identities of as many as 53 Californians infected with ...

Resolution would offer Missouri's apologies
Chart (subscription) - Joplin,MO,USAIf one lawmaker has his way, Missouri will be telling a large number of its citizens that it is sorry. The House Special Committee on Urban Affairs heard ...

Giuliani, Romney court conservatives
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
11, 2001, made no apologies for his liberal stands favoring abortion rights, gun control and gay rights as he addressed the annual Conservative Political ...