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...Russia's standing in the world and his image at home. Analysts in most capitals, including Moscow, think he's bargaining for everything he can get before he says O.K. He needs the veneer of equal dialogue, and the sweeteners could be costly--no NATO expansion; keeping quiet as Russia continues economic ties to Iraq and Iran...
...affair with Condit when she worked for him in the mid-1990s and that when the Levy story broke, she wanted to tell the FBI about her relationship in an effort to help find the missing intern. According to McKay, Dayton urged her to remain quiet, saying, "Leave it in the past, or it will ruin you." That could amount to obstruction of justice. (McKay said she went to the FBI despite Dayton's warning.) Dayton told reporters last week that McKay's version isn't true...
...sounds like a bad movie of the week: A priest hears about a murder, keeps quiet about it for years while apparently innocent men spend half their lives in jail, and comes forward only when the confessed murderer is dead...
...necessarily. If I simply knew that he had committed the crime and I didn?t say anything to anyone, and no one asked me any questions about the murder, I would be perfectly safe (legally) keeping quiet. On the other hand, according to U.S. Code, if someone approached me and asked me if I knew anything about the murder, and I lied and said no, I could be charged with obstruction of justice...
...fifth non-white, but housing patterns often produce schools that are 98% white or 98% Asian. Herman Ouseley, former chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, coincidentally issued a report last week on why race relations were bad in Bradford. Among other failings, it criticized politicians for making quiet deals with neighborhood ethnic leaders rather than tackling underlying problems. He sees hope in the young, who say they thirst to know other ethnic groups. Bradford's élite, gathered to hear Ouseley at the local football club (next to a mosque), wondered if his proposed solutions, like diversity audits...