Word: arrests
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...highly unusual show of fiscal solidarity, the U.S. Treasury today launched a selloff of its own currency, hoping that driving down the dollar would arrest the fall of the yen. "The Japanese recession has set off alarm bells in Washington," says TIME correspondent Bruce Van Voorst. "If the yen continues to fall, it will put pressure on China and other Asian economies to devalue their currencies to remain competitive, and that would have a disastrous effect on the already huge U.S. trade deficit...
...business. When the country's top Mafia fighter was gunned down in 1982, a badly shaken government asked Arlacchi to devise a plan to confiscate the organization's assets. After the Mob fought back with bombs that killed Italy's top two prosecutors, Arlacchi helped create a program to arrest hundreds of top Mafiosi and imprison them on a remote island off the coast. They failed in an attempt to kill him with a bomb planted in a tollbooth on the autostrada. These days when Arlacchi cruises in the Mediterranean on his 40-ft. sailboat, the Italian navy often sends...
Until last week, I didn't worry much about heart disease. Although heart attacks, angina and cardiac arrest can strike without warning, the odds are in my favor: I'm not overweight, I don't smoke, my blood pressure is good, I eat a low-fat diet, and I get plenty of exercise. While my grandfather had a heart attack at 60, he lived to be 86. And my father, now 75, hasn't had any cardiac problems at all. My total cholesterol is just a little high at 200. My only real risk factor is (deep sigh...
...arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 on charges of allegedly raping and assaulting a fellow student (please see related story, this page) prompted spirited responses from the community, which called for greater rape awareness...
...Still, the wheelchair man's arrest Thursday was a small reminder that Beijing is not ready to accept the ghosts of what it refers to laconically as "the June 4 incident." Security has been tightened even further at the home of Zhao Ziyang, the disgraced former party general secretary who has been under house arrest for the past nine years. Meanwhile Hong Kong, experiencing its first Tiananmen anniversary under Chinese rule, prepares for its own demonstration Thursday evening. The People's Liberation Army's response will be crucial: If it is muted, it will constitute the first official acceptance...