So the Hong Kong government made an inelegant request: given the confusion in "certain quarters" (ie, up north), would the Court of Final Appeal consider "clarifying" its ruling?
I did not think that it was an unreasonable request, given that the kitchen shelves were probably groaning under the weight of tomatoes.
It was a reasonable request, given that a single bite of peanut would send the bride rushing to the nearest emergency room, hardly a longed-for wedding moment.
Mr. Miller added that it was unclear to the company why the F.D.A. had initiated the seizure request, given that DMAA-containing products were no longer being made and that distributors other than GNC also had inventories of the products.
"It would be very difficult for China to withdraw from an apology request given said request's now-public profile, and a refusal from the United States would cause Beijing to lose face," Mr. Lanteigne said in an e-mail.
That's why Zoltan Balog, a Protestant pastor for 10 years before becoming the prime minister Viktor Orban's closest adviser, was at his own request given a new department of state to try to solve it.
