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...stood for. Suharto was the very avatar of the philosophy of economic development first, and political progress later (if at all) - a model of governance that was once the rule in much of Asia. During his nearly 33 years in power, Suharto seemed to have forged a paternalistic pact with the people of Indonesia that went like this: I will build infrastructure, raise income levels, reduce poverty, battle disease and illiteracy and provide stability, and you will let me run the country as my personal fiefdom. Other strongmen have made that same deal, but no one ever implemented...
...came down hard, refusing to seat Florida's delegates at the Democratic convention this summer, essentially nullifying the state's Democratic primary results. The RNC banned some of Florida's delegates too, but it wasn't about to go as draconian as the Dems - whose candidates even signed a pact not to campaign on the peninsula before the primary - and risk weakening the stature of one of its most popular governors...
...Committee rules - and prompted the DNC to declare that it would not seat Florida's 210 delegates at the party's convention next August in Denver, essentially declaring that Florida's primary wouldn't count. That also led Clinton, Obama, John Edwards and other Democratic hopefuls to sign a pact not to stump on the peninsula for the primary. (They signed a similar pledge for Michigan, which also jumped the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday primaries and held its primary Jan. 15. But unlike Michigan, all three major Dems are on the ballot in Florida...
Some festival-goers were still trying to digest what the deal meant for them. A first-time screenwriter informed of the terms while riding the Park City shuttle bus wasn't sure a pact that served A-list directors would serve her as well. "I need to analyze what they're offering," she said, expressing qualms that the agreement includes a 17-day grace period before payments for online material kick in - a smaller grace period than the six weeks the producers initially offered writers, but still a potential sticking point. An actor on a TV show impacted...
Even some Park City locals welcomed the DGA pact. "I support the arts. I support the writers," said Silver Queen Fine Art gallery owner Timm Hilty. "But if I have to watch reruns of Lost I will need some pharmaceutical help." Hilty is hoping to do strong business this week with like-minded industry folk who see the sign on his gallery door: "Please don't make me watch reruns. End the writers' strike...