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...recounts the chemical tanker's captain at the time, Surahmat Johar. "I was sleeping in my cabin. All of us were then gathered in one room. They tied our hands tight behind our backs with a white, plastic wire?the kind that tightens even harder if you try to loosen it." Concerned that the 3,900-ton vessel would have no one at the helm, Surahmat pleaded to be allowed onto the bridge. "But they told me to shut up, saying, 'Don't worry, our commander is fully capable of taking care of your tanker...
...that a majority of Germany's 13 U.S.-listed firms wanted out of the hassle and cost of U.S. regulation. After meeting with German employer groups last week, Jones says British and German firms will be pushing U.S. regulators to make it easier to withdraw their U.S. listing. Directors, loosen those seat belts. Indicators Relinquishing Power The French government unveiled plans to privatize up to 30% of EDF, the world's largest power company, in a share offering next year set to raise up to 311 billion. The sale - the biggest-ever stock offering in France - would fund development...
...Happily for Murali, in a judgment in Dubai last week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) declared that analysis of video footage showed that "99%" of all bowlers, including many cricket greats, bent their arms excessively. The investigating committee proposed that the ICC loosen the rules and allow arms to be bent up to 15 degrees. A relieved Murali told TIME: "Cricket should be a gentleman's game. Now I hope it can be again...
...open their basketball courts to the public after hours. He put together three-on-three tournaments and founded the city's first high school basketball league, the Nike League, which has spread to 17 cities. At games, Rhoads blasted the recorded sound of cheering to encourage straitlaced fans to loosen up, and he arranged for the state-run television network to broadcast the finals nationally. The Chinese responded: sales through the 1990s picked up 60% a year. "Our goal was to hook kids into Nike early and hold them for life," says Rhoads, who now runs a Shanghai-based sports...
...value to the Crimson has gone beyond statistics. She is also an integral part of the team dynamic on and off the field. Her ability to pick-up passing patterns has inspired confidence amongst her teammates—and helped them to loosen up and mesh together...