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...quite clear. The company's penchant for secrecy didn't help its reputation either. In 1976 the Justice Department charged that Bechtel had gone too far to please Arab clients by blacklisting potential subcontractors who dealt with Israel. Bechtel signed a consent decree promising not to join any Arab boycott of Israel...
...charges, the more difficult its pursuit of prized European Union membership becomes. "Ironically, Italy has been Turkey's strongest supporter in its bid to join the EU," says TIME Rome reporter Martin Penner. Which makes attacking Italy a case of biting the hand that feeds. Moreover, "the threat to boycott Italian goods could bring further problems, since Italy is one of Turkey's most important trading partners and a trade war would hurt Turkey more than Italy," says Penner...
...would be unacceptable to our members to offer unproven allegations or innuendo in an effort to somehow rehabilitate a failed investigation." Dems are also disgruntled about Hyde's plan to call more witnesses to the inquiry without consulting them; so much so that Minority Leader Dick Gephardt threatened a boycott of the hearings Tuesday. That later turned out to be an empty threat. But it's further evidence that Hyde is failing to live up to the measured standard set by Peter Rodino's Watergate committee, which Hyde has tried to emulate. To bring both sides together now, Starr...
...encourage women who feel strongly enough about the issue to start a movement to boycott final clubs. The women who attend them, however, have a similar right to do as they please without bearing any labels given to them by Harvard administrators...
...boycott was officially ended with Hammer's decision to pull the offending costume from Urban Outfitter stores...