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...scheme contained a kickback to the regime of between 10-19%. As the Cole Inquiry is now hearing with disquieting regularity, key officials have very short memories; dfat's filing system is wretched; and, after writing to officials in March 2004 that he was worried, the Minister failed to crack the whip. Perhaps Downer wasn't kidding about being a humble laborer...
...TIME: The authorities have been promising not to crack down on what they called "a pathetic tent camp." Why such a change of heart on their part...
...only thing the film does to keep your focus is crack jokes. Chester has a wicked sense of humor, but it appears too infrequently to produce a lasting effect. Instead, he drowns his film in a fictional New York City where gay relationships are the norm and heteros are an endangered species...
...fundamentally implausible genre—the fun is in each side trying to outmaneuver the other, and in the twists and turns of the plot, not in whether the plot is realistic. At least the technology used by each side actually exists (there’s even a crack about how one fancy gadget can probably be found on Amazon...
...currently politically weakened?Bush's approval ratings are near all-time lows in the U.S.?and the Administration desperately needs to show some progress on trade when Hu arrives late next month. In particular, the Administration would like to see China come up with more substantive proposals to crack down on intellectual-property theft, and seeks evidence that Beijing is abiding by its wto commitment to open up key markets such as telecommunications to participation by U.S. companies...