Unfortunately, it would be par for the Bush Administration's course if, having now reluctantly delivered this long-overdue slap on the wrist, the Secretary of State were to be dispatched to Belgrade to smooth ruffled Serbian feathers.

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High-definition television does more for sport than for many other genres: you may not want to see a newsreader's wrinkles, but it could be fun to watch the grass ruffled by the wind or the beads of sweat running down Kobe Bryant's face.

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Big, balding Supachai invariably looks as if he has just stepped off a longhaul flight - weary and ruffled, but delighted to be where he is.

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Smoothing over ruffled feathers and easing concerns and making things right with downright irate shoppers should be matter of course for retailers today.

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