Word: centralization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...President Abdurrahman Wahid arrived at the presidential palace in central Jakarta last October, his spirits and those of the country were riding high. After 32 years of Suharto's dictatorship and 17 months of interim rule by Suharto's deputy B.J. Habibie, Indonesia was finally getting a reformist President who preached tolerance and democratic openness. But as the blind Muslim cleric and his family mounted the palace steps, a cry rang out. A dukun--a Javanese soothsayer--who habitually accompanies Wahid called the party to a halt. He said he could see the "big man," the spirit of Suharto, standing...
...were allowed to sell their power-generation businesses and become middlemen that buy electricity on the open market from new generator operators and distribute it to their customers. "We work hard to find the best deal for our customers," says Steve Bram, Con Ed's senior vice president of central operations. "But we're at the mercy of the sellers." Those sellers, on the other hand, are at the mercy of--wow!--no one, and with capacity shortages driving up unregulated wholesale prices as much as 50 to 100 times the normal rate, they're doing quite well. "Owners...
...retire half of its police forces statewide. The aging of baby-boomer cops is partly to blame. So is the profession's tarnished reputation in incidents ranging from the racially charged 1991 Rodney King beating in Los Angeles to the recent wilding incident in New York City's Central Park, where assaulted women claimed cops did nothing to help them. Recruitment has been especially difficult among minority candidates. "You used to see a line around the block with people applying to be an officer," says Eric Adams, co-founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care. "Now that line...
...conflict over TV, kids simply retreated to their rooms, where 57% have TVs and 11% have Internet hookups. Giving a child her own TV might seem a handy way to avoid scuffles over the remote, but it is a terrible idea. TVs and computers should be in a central location so parents who can't figure out the V chip can at least know what TV their kids watch, and how much...
HUMS employee David R. Berry said that all mail is sent back to the Central Square post office for forwarding within 24 hours...