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hiromichi
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 Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: Politics attached to provocation: experts |
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Please rewrite the news headline in the subject.
More brinkmanship or a calculated test of the international community's resolve?
North Korea's test launches of seven missiles Wednesday triggered a range of speculation by foreign-policy experts here.
Analysts said the launches might be a test of the international community's position on Pyongyang's nuclear arms threat, while others said North Korea might be trying to pressure the United States to lift damaging economic sanctions.
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Mister Micawber
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Sounds like homework, Hiro. How about your trying first? (Anyway, I don't understand the directions.)
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hiromichi
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Mister Micawber, My question was not proper. I can not understand why police is "attached to" provocation. I do not think this collocation is acceptable in standard English.
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Mister Micawber
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Well, for one thing-- please put the object of your question within the post. It took me forever to find what you were talking about: the thread topic!
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Not police; politics. The headline suggests that Kim Jung Il's provocative launches are linked to political motives.
(True, certainly-- unless he was just exploring creative ways of disposing of waste contaminants in the ocean.)
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Thanks.
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