Word: withing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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The authorities may have also simply decided that enough time has passed since the Tiananmen crackdown so the risk of rousing large-scale protests is minimal. Except for a few notices posted outside the Beijing Intermediate People's Court, the prosecutions have so far proceeded with little official fanfare. The...
But some voices are being raised. Amnesty International has asked for permission to send a team of observers to monitor future trials; Beijing has ! warned that outside attempts to influence China's judicial system "will get nowhere." And last week, Congressman Robert Torricelli, a New Jersey Democrat and a member...
After initially evading discussion on the status of the detainees, the Foreign Ministry spokesman last week changed tack and denied that any prosecution or sentencing of dissidents had taken place. At the same time, he rejected foreign inquiries on the prosecution of state criminals as meddling in China's internal...
One woman insisted that her daughter schedule her wedding around the event. Another loyal customer told her husband that his open-heart surgery would just have to wait. And what was the big occasion? Opening day of a sale at Tuesday Morning. The offbeat discount retailer, with stores in 52...
The minimalist schedule helps hold down costs at the stores, which are typically low-rent, warehouse-like places with cement floors. Aside from a single manager per store, all employees are part time; many are recruited from the ranks of loyal customers, tempted by the 20% employee discount. The company...