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...Judge Guzman had previously ordered General Pinochet's arrest, but that order had been overturned by the Supreme Court on a technicality - Judge Guzman had failed to interrogate the suspect before indicting him, as required by Chilean law. Last week the judge set about rectifying his error by subjecting General Pinochet to an interview. And the general's answers to the judge's questions may contain some clues as to his likely fate...
...Analysts suspect that virtually all of China's bankers have skeletons in their closets. Observers argue that wholesale replacement is impossible because of the nation's dearth of experienced, upright managers. "There's no question reform is happening," says Pu Yonghao, senior economist at Nomura International in Hong Kong and a former BOC employee. "But the banks are only mimicking modern, Western practices. Inside, the Chinese personnel just don't have what it takes to make changes quickly enough...
...thought, and I could only fall back on saying things like "Oh, yeah, that Richard. He's a snake, all right" and trying to quickly change the conversation. I started reading the press coverage (including some very fine bits by our own Frank Pellegrini and Jim Poniewozik), which I suspect was more interesting than the actual show, and I began to know doubt. Should I have been watching all along? Was this in fact not a colossal waste of time? Social pressure is an awesome thing, and one you don't want to be on the business...
...called "reality" shows are, of course, big now. However, when I eavesdropped on a panel discussion on TV's future hosted by top Hollywood TV agent Pat Quinn, I heard several warnings from the industry experts. "Reality isn't what it used to be" said one producer. (I suspect that he's right. The just-released pictures of the new "Survivor" crew is suspiciously lacking the Rudys and Sonyas of the original...
...Marine Corps wants the airplane to be low maintenance and high reliability, and we're driving the program office to make that happen," Brig. Gen. James F. Amos, a top Marine pilot, said in the wake of the critical report's release. Now those numbers, too, are suspect - although Amos's comment shows that the pressure Leberman must have felt to boost the V-22's readiness rate was not imaginary...