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...often frightening creatures. When I visited the northern city of Hengshui, one of what were then hundreds of areas officially "closed" to foreigners, a local bureaucrat seized my shortwave radio from my hotel room, examining it to ensure that it wasn't a two-way spy communications device. A memo accidentally left behind in my room instructed officials to "politely refuse any request Mr. Ignatius may have to leave the hotel." Suspicion of the outside was deeply ingrained, particularly after the Cultural Revolution's xenophobic excesses...
...wonder state legislative races last November became so critically important for both parties. The deadlocked presidential election may have captured all the headlines, but the state assembly races were where "the real political battlefield in 2000" occurred, according to one Republican Party memo. Obscure candidates for state offices found themselves flush with millions of dollars from the Democratic and Republican parties. It was money well spent, both parties believed. "From a purely financial point of view," continues the GOP memo, "if the GOP loses this war, the money it will have to spend - perhaps vainly - in attempting to recoup...
...missile defense--charges that the U.S. shield will wreck nuclear stability and spark a new arms race. More practically, Russia is the other party to the ABM treaty. The tests the Pentagon has in mind will violate its terms "within months, not years," says a freshly circulated State Department memo. Officials talk of deployment as early as 2004. That schedule turns the screws on Putin to modify the treaty to suit Washington right away--or the U.S. will simply pull...
University President Lawrence H. Summers announced Thompson’s return in a memo to Provost Office and Mass. Hall staff...
...Memo to airlines: Stop whining and start performing, because Freni and Massport aren't backing down. For one hour at least twice a week, Freni and his staff monitor the 12 largest carriers at Logan in six specific areas of customer service, from curbside check-in to baggage claim. For example, passengers should spend no more than five minutes checking in at the gate. Each airline gets a copy of the report and a note from Massport pointing out problems. Airlines, say Massport officials, are generally responding well and have already taken such corrective steps as adding personnel at peak...