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...government the authority to ban political parties if they are a threat to national security. Under the revisions, police can approve a demonstration on short notice "in exceptional circumstances." However, nothing in the bill outlined what those circumstances would be. Hong Kong residents fear that China plans a gradual reining in of free speech, for example using the laws to crack down on popular talk-radio shows, cartoons that lampoon China's top officials and other manifestations of diverse expression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Softens Free Speech Curbs for Hong Kong | 5/15/1997 | See Source »

Judaism in America cannot survive the way Hepps wants it to. Its choices are to adapt or perish. Adapting means, as Dershowitz argues, emphasizing Jewish customs without condemning intermarriage. Hepps fears that this policy will lead to the gradual erosion of the Jewish culture. We disagree with her opinion, however, is that Hepps's ideas would, if implemented, contribute to the demise of Jewish culture and would ruin many lives along the way. --John Bronsteen '97 --Scott A. Chesin...

Author: By John Bronsteen and Scott A. Chesin | Title: Hepps Shares Ideals With Racists | 5/7/1997 | See Source »

...Gradual Retirement, a.k.a. phased retirement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glossary | 5/2/1997 | See Source »

Jeffrey had a point there. Nixon is still generating copy, three years after his death. For the press, the gradual release of the Oval Office tapes has been like a small but steady trust fund. Still, I had taken the sort of hit from the irs that made me understand why Steve Forbes was so eager for a system that would make income from his trust fund tax free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PASSING THE HAT FOR NEWT | 4/21/1997 | See Source »

While the NSF provided almost half of the center's financial support, Norman R. Scott, vice president for research and advanced studies, said the center and the NSF will take measures to make the loss of funding as gradual as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cornell Loses Supercomputer Bid | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

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