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...billion U.S. contribution to the Asian bailout following President Suharto's defiance of the International Monetary Fund over currency regulations. But playing hardball with Suharto remains a tough call for Washington, says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "It's hard to see what Washington can do except withhold money, and that would only make the situation worse in Indonesia," says Dowell. "Suharto is the most important U.S. ally in the region. He was the one who brought Asian leaders into APEC and convinced them to stand up to China...
...president of Japan's "Liars' Club." "There is no club at all, really," he confesses, winking. "In Japan, as long as you are convinced you are lying for the good of the group, it's not a lie." So it is that Japan is a place where doctors often withhold information from their patients, instead telling family members about a serious illness. Corporations customarily withhold potentially damaging information from their shareholders. Kawai points out that the trait helped create the stereotype of the Japanese businessman who says yes when he means...
...many of us, and I am very much implicated in this University's go-round of persons and things, as I expect to receive my third Harvard degree in June. My point here is this: very few people say "no" to Harvard. No one is going to withhold their check because a junior professor has to leave. Only if this situation began to change, would scholars like Jeffrey Masten have the chance to continue to grace Harvard with their talents. --Maria C. Sanchez '90, M.A. '93 TF and Tutor in English
...very least find Taxman's dismissal unjust, defenders of affirmative action implored the justices to confine their judgment to the case at hand. In essence, trying to cut their losses, many liberals urged the court to strike down affirmative action as it affected Taxman and Williams but to withhold judgment on racial preferences as a whole. As time passed, civil rights groups grew increasingly uneasy. In November, a coalition of such groups agreed to finance a settlement, effectively making the case and its constitutional dilemmas disappear for the time being...
BAGHDAD: Not another Iraq-U.S. standoff? The two nations traded harsh words over allowing U.N. weapons inspectors to search presidential palaces. While some 75 UNSCOM monitors and a U-2 continued unimpeded in their hunt for chemical and biological weapons Monday, Iraq is continuing to withhold access to 63 possible weapons sites ? including Saddam Hussein's 47 presidential compounds...