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Pandora's box
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Sitting House Speaker Mike Johnson argued against the report's release in a Sunday appearance on Fox News, saying it could "open Pandora's box" if the panel started issuing reports about those who are not members of the body.
He told Fox News it was a "Pandora's box" because Putin's isolation would increase the pressure on him.
“I think it would open a Pandora’s box. It’s a very important rule that should be maintained. It has been broken once or twice; it should not have been.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the call was a “Pandora’s box” and argued it weakens Putin's isolation.
“In my view there is a grave danger that if you once open Pandora’s Box shutting it will be impossible.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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