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...Territories, to serve as a symbol of how freely things would be run in the colony after 1997 and thus reassure skittish investors there. To that extent, Shenzhen instills confidence. But Shenzhen also provides fresh ammunition for Deng's critics. They charge that Shenzhen is a brain drain on the rest of the country and aptly illustrates the "cultural pollution" they claim is emitted by the new reforms. To keep eager Chinese nonresidents out of the zone, the government has built a barbed-wire fence, complete with a patrol road and arc lamps, along Shenzhen's 53-mile border with...
...term. Colorado has turned more conservative since Hart squeaked through to a Senate re-election in 1980 with just 50% of the vote. Polls have given him only a shaky lead over Congressman Ken Kramer, a likely Republican senatorial candidate. Even a victorious Senate run would be a financial drain on Hart, who still has to pay off $3.5 million in debts from his 1984 White House drive...
...starring role, political observers wonder whether Carlsson will maintain the high international profile that Palme fashioned for Sweden or will preoccupy himself with domestic issues. He takes office at a time when many Swedes are beginning to view Sweden's cradle-to-grave social-service system as a drain on their prosperity. There is some question whether Carlsson can provide the leadership to continue to fend off challenges from the nonsocialist opposition...
That's where things stood in late November 2002, when the log obtained by TIME begins. At that point, tag teams of interrogators are putting al-Qahtani through a daily routine designed to drain the detainee of his autonomy. They wake him every morning at 4 and sometimes question him until midnight. Each day--and sometimes every hour--is shaped around standard Army interrogation techniques, with code names like Fear Up/Harsh, Pride/Ego Down, the Futility Approach and the Circumstantial Evidence Theme. Each day, the interrogators seem to be trying to find those that work best. They promise better treatment; they...
Even those who aren’t affected directly will have to pay for the campus—the central administration has begun to drain one-half percent of each school’s endowment annually over the next 30 years to pay for the planned expansion...