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...nation's guardian?like extracting it from politics and business and making it adhere strictly to human rights. "Reform is not solely the TNI's responsibility," says military analyst Kusnanto Anggoro. "Civilians, too, must decide what kind of changes it should undergo. The military says, 'OK, we'll obey your rules. But you have to decide what the rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back On The March | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...still has plenty of room for improvement. Aceh is just one of many areas in which the TNI needs to show it is willing to change. Unless the country's political leaders take measures to kick start the stalled reform process, the only rules the military will obey will continue to be their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back On The March | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...guards’ replacements, contracted from Security Systems Incorporated, can’t provide the same quality of service. They’re obligated to obey SSI’s directions, even when a faculty or staff member asks them to make a one-time special exception. Such refusals are not always accepted gracefully...

Author: By Stephen Mccombe, | Title: Security Guards Deserve Appreciation | 5/10/2002 | See Source »

...Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III asked the club to shut down. The previous fall the club had closed for a month when 10 initiates were sent to University Health Services after consuming too much alcohol, but this time the club refused to obey administrators...

Author: By Vicky C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fraternal Disorder | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

People respond to incentives, the economists say, and it’s starting to look like they’re right. According to a study released last year by Wojciech Kopczuk and Joel Slemrod, two researchers at the University of Michigan, Americans obey the injunctions of their pocketbooks even when life and death are at stake. The study, which examined changes in the estate tax over the past century, found a statistically significant correlation between the exact timing of death and the relevant tax advantages to the decedent’s estate. In other words, when a reduction...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Death and Taxes | 4/23/2002 | See Source »

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