Putting Mr. Polopetsi in charge of the investigation is like putting a rabbit in charge of the airport.
There was a great deal of progress being made, right under their noses, particularly in Africa, and this progress was good. Life was much harder for tyrants than it had been before.
The juvenile adage Never kiss and tell had a sound moral instinct behind it.
It was a voice that you felt you had to listen to—or you ignored at your peril.