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...accepting the money, South Korea agreed to stringent IMF conditions. The 1998 growth rate must be cut to 3 percent; inflation must be kept below 5 percent; and the current-account deficit must be slashed to within 1 percent of GDP. There's precious little sugar with this medicine ? Seoul must maintain flexible monetary policies and allow temporary hikes in interest rates, says the IMF. A final bitter blow is that foreign investors will be allowed to increase their shareholdings in Korean companies to 50 percent this year ? up from the 26 percent limit currently allowed by the government...
...confidently, scattering dust bunnies around the room. I cringe at first; such annoying girls! What horrible friends! I question the health of our relationship. But the dirty life becomes easier with each passing day, and the state of my room and the germ level of my hands become less precious...
Yale looked much better in the second half, racking up 139 yards in the air, but that is mostly attributable to Murphy's decision to play a more passive defense and protect Harvard's precious lead...
Most of the human shields appeared to be poor, their shoes in tatters, their clothing threadbare and dirty. They sat on roughly cut squares of dark-brown carpeting inside a cavernous marble-paved hall decorated with giant crystal chandeliers and precious works of art. Unaccustomed to such trappings of wealth, many of the visitors were wide-eyed and speechless...
...policy on free speech; the plan is to follow the FAS's guidelines on the matter. Although we are pleased with the administration's willingness to adjust its policy, we are dismayed that this omission was so long-lived. Free speech is the one right most precious to an academic community. An institution that proclaims a mission to disseminate knowledge and foster free thought must safeguard this inviolable right...