Word: arrested
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From the very first sentence, the original English translation insists on K.'s absolute innocence, for the Muirs' formulation does not leave his claim of wrongful arrest open to doubt. Sticking more closely to the German, the new edition states that K. is arrested "without having done anything truly wrong." The result is to cast light on the possibility that the narrator, taking K.'s perspective, is somehow distorting the truth...
...drinking is a big problem on America's college campuses. Congress, in the Higher Education Act passed last week, took a long overdue step to address the problem. The legislation will require colleges to report to the government all liquor-law violations, including incidents which do not result in arrest. Colleges will now also be permitted to inform parents of any alcohol-related offenses committed by their children...
...political turmoil that has accompanied Anwar's arrest will further deter foreign investors. The opposition leader returns to court Monday to face new charges of sexual misconduct, while police are also considering sedition charges against his wife, Wan Azizah, who has begun to take the reins of the fledgling opposition movement. Mahathir won't find it quite as easy, however, to deal with the dissent of the world market...
...illegal sex acts, widely viewed as part of a campaign by Mahathir to strip him of power. "Anwar was always seen as untouchable because he was so popular that moving against him might spark a rebellion," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. Unprecedented mass protests have, indeed, followed his arrest. "Things have gone so far now that Anwar's supporters may believe they have to overthrow Mahathir to get Anwar out of this mess," says Dowell. "As in Indonesia, the protests could make Malaysia's elite realize that it's time for Mahathir...
...started last week when Mahathir fired his ambitious deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, in a dispute over economic policy, and then had him arrested for what appeared to be trumped-up charges of adultery, sodomy and bestiality. By Tuesday, the incident seemed ready to blow up in the prime minister's face. Amid protests by furious Anwar supporters, police surrounded the jailed deputy's home, threatening to arrest Anwar's wife for telling reporters that authorities had injected her husband with the AIDS virus during his detention...