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JAKARTA: Indonesia?s President Suharto has Washington over a barrel -- and he knows it. ?We can?t afford to simply pull the plug on him," says TIME correspondent Bruce Van Voorst, "because if Indonesia fails, the ripple effect throughout Asia, and beyond, would hurt...
...shocked officials from the White House, State Department and Pentagon formed a worried huddle on a side aisle of Ohio State University's basketball arena. The place was so rowdy and raucous, they thought, it was threatening to dissolve into chaos. What should they do? Should they pull the plug on this so-called town meeting and hustle their bosses off the center-court stage? Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was scowling, calling for quiet. Defense Secretary William Cohen looked stunned, disbelieving, his toe tapping nervously under his seat. National Security Adviser Sandy Berger hunkered down in his chair...
Insiders say Grune played a role in ousting Schadt, his handpicked successor, and then dismantled much of what Schadt had set in motion. Two weeks after Grune returned, the company pulled the plug on a costly Internet search engine called LookSmart. "Over the last few months Grune has basically disowned everything his predecessor did," says Dennis McAlpine, an analyst with Josephthal & Co. Digest says it is just returning to basics. "In the last few years we drastically reduced our testing," says Thomas Gardner, vice president of U.S. marketing. "Our general philosophy was to focus on new initiatives...
...Friday called Suharto -- for the second time this month -- to urge him to comply with IMF requirements for the $43 billion bailout of Indonesia. "Suharto is sitting on a political volcano," says Van Voorst, "which is why it's not easy for the IMF to simply pull the plug on its promised bailout. The collapse of Indonesia's economy could have disastrous implications throughout the region and internationally." And with unemployment spiraling and almost daily riots over price increases, even the IMF's medicine may take some time to stabilize the patient...
WASHINGTON: The attack dogs are quiet today. David Kendall and William Ginsburg, attorneys for President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, respectively, have been silenced by their own court filings: Ginsburg is battling to stop Lewinsky from being dragged into court Thursday, while Kendall has filed suit to plug the Lewinsky leaks he claims are coming from Starr's office. For the moment, at least, the two are bedfellows. "Anything that Mr. Kendall files I'll support to stop the leaks," said Ginsburg. "The leaks are disastrous...