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...prolonging Nazi Germany's capacity to wage war." The persistence of a "business as usual attitude" by Switzerland, he told reporters, was "inexplicable." The Swiss do not find that attitude so hard to explain. Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti reminded the U.S. that in 1939, Switzerland was an avowedly neutral country surrounded throughout the war by Axis regimes. On what grounds should it have refused? The report, Cotti said, "is lacking a measured recognition of the extremely difficult situation in which our country found itself militarily and in supply terms." Given Switzerland's neutrality, the central question of guilt centers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Back in Anger | 5/7/1997 | See Source »

...criteria are indeed unbiased, Kacholia said, she supports a gender-neutral selection process...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Women Scarce In 'Kappa Elections | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

After a recess is called and McVeigh is escorted away, his smile vanishes as soon as he re-enters the detention cell. His face immediately sets itself into a neutral expression. If he is playacting, you have to wonder what he thinks that will accomplish. Surely, the circumstances of the case call for utmost gravity on the part of everyone involved. Perhaps McVeigh's behavior is part of his ongoing effort to show that he is just a regular guy, not a narrow-eyed fanatic. If so, he is defeating his own purpose: a regular guy would never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA CITY: THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...defending national champion Radcliffe lightweight team will also travel to Dartmouth, but will only face Syracuse in a neutral site race...

Author: By Matthew F. Delmont, | Title: Teams Prepare for Busy Weekend | 4/19/1997 | See Source »

...vicious fight, and GM is still chock full of gearheads who are torqued off at Smith for abandoning them to folks who wouldn't know which end of a wrench to hold. And GM's bureaucracy, as thick as any company's, can still downshift a project to neutral at the drop of a meeting. One high-level executive says the parade of meetings leaves him only 30 hours a month to work on new products and sales. "Things are 100% better than they were," he complains, "but it's still so tough and painfully slow to get anything done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM GETS SET TO HIT THE ROAD | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

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