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...will aggravate the city's budget deficit. Last year's shortfall was more than $8 billion, or 5% of GDP, and this year's is expected to be even greater. Hong Kong's $113 billion in currency reserves are not in any immediate danger of running out, but a chronic deficit could undermine the government's perceived financial stability. There is speculation that corporate taxes could be increased or a sales tax instituted to compensate for the auction freeze?further damaging Hong Kong's reputation as a haven for business. Still, with its future on the line...
...delta-9 tetra-hydrocannabinol, the smile-producing chemical in pot] often appears in the blood of people in auto accidents. Yet they might omit the fact that most of these people also drank alcohol. Antiprohibitionists might cite a large study that showed no sign of memory problems in chronic marijuana smokers. Yet they might not mention that the tests were so easy that even a demented person could perform them...
...parliament; in 1999 he opposed Megawati's first bid for the presidency on the ground that the world's largest Muslim country should not be run by a woman. Megawati's secular Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle controls just one-third of the seats in parliament. High unemployment and chronic government corruption have caused many to doubt her resolve to tackle tough problems. So to hang on to power and get re-elected in 2004, Megawati can't afford to ignore the conservatives. "Every politician in Indonesia needs the Islamic vote, and with Megawati it's even more so because...
PRINCETON, N.J.—It took a chronic back condition and a sophomore overachiever to loosen senior Neil Rose’s hold on Harvard’s starting quarterback role...
...both screeched out in recognition, and then Ms. Boldt did probably the nicest thing she’s ever done for me besides overlooking my chronic lateness to homeroom those many years ago—she introduced...