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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pair, who are closely tied to Lippo Group principals MOCHTAR and JAMES RIADY, say they gave $450,000 to the D.N.C. at the urging of JOHN HUANG (the money has since been returned). Though they could help build a case against Huang and others, they may opt not to play and remain in Indonesia. The task force, meanwhile, is pressuring frequent donor Johnny Chung, by threatening an indictment on tax and other charges, hoping for a guilty plea and his cooperation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...thing to opt out of courses which were departmental, but another thing to opt out of Core courses," Buck said...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold and Chana R. Schoenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Committee Axes A.P. Credits As Science Core Bypass | 12/4/1997 | See Source »

Choreographers Claire Mallardi (Director of the Radcliffe Dance Program) and Tommy Neblett, with five talented artists to arrange, opt for a lot of tight motion and leggy prancing-which is fine, but doesn't always serve the words. The odes and the dance are twin hypnoses, and only one spell at a time can take hold. The collective decision to explore the possibilities of a lesbian subplot between a female Dionysus and her followers fares unexpectedly well. When the five dancers crouch close together, it reminds one of that Herb Ritts photo with all those supermodels...

Author: By Matthew A. Carter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: a bloody bacchae | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...ordering the Pentagon to draw up two sets of contingency plans: one for a June withdrawal, the other for an extended stay. But aides tell TIME the President won't decide until next month whether the troops leave or stay, and right now it looks as if he'll opt for their staying--although in fewer numbers than the 11,800 currently deployed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSNIA | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...biology department, however, almost one-third of the seniors opt to write theses, says Head Tutor William M. Gelbart...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Kass and Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Seniors Take Thesis Research to the Lab | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

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