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...casual clothes, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hopes to save the second largest importer of oil 81 million gal. each summer. But the policy already has many conscripted conservationists sweating in their seats. "Like samurais giving up topknots and swords, it requires a change in mentality for salarymen to abandon suits and ties--it's their identity," says Environment Minister Yuriko Koike. An unexpected bonus: the campaign may generate as much as $942 million in fashion sales. --By Coco Masters/New York. With reporting by Yuki Oda/Tokyo
...Alexander Technique, which she describes not as therapy but as an “educational process” that “allows people to rediscover their natural balance by fostering an awareness of the ways we move and behave in various activities,” she refused to abandon her commitment to dance...
...willing to suspend," Rafsanjani says. "But we're ready to provide greater assurances to the world that we won't move from peaceful nuclear technology to military technology." However, the Bush Administration believes that he is not likely to abandon what the U.S. regards as the regime's ultimate goal, a nuclear weapon. "Some people think Rafsanjani is a great reformer," a senior State Department official says. "He has indicated he might want to open up relations with the U.S. But he's also the father of the Iranian nuclear program." Notes a senior White House official: "If you look...
...course, no one is suggesting that the University abandon its travel restrictions entirely; there are clearly some regions of the world where Harvard can reasonably conclude that student safety is an overriding concern. But country-based blanket restrictions are simultaneously heavy-handed and insufficient. Students wishing to study at the American University of Beirut or intern with a nonprofit in Jakarta are out of luck—both Lebanon and Indonesia are off limits despite the fact both are locales where a responsible traveler can expect no more danger than would be found in many U.S. cities. At the same...
...incident in Italy, when he asked a tenor and his wife if he could keep his car in their yard the night before a race at a nearby track. Come morning, the couple told him that he could take back his car—but only if he would abandon racing to devote himself entirely to opera...