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...cases of alleged domestic abuse, The Crimson’s policy is to refrain from printing victims’ names...
...Professor Ho Kin Chung, head of the Environmental Studies program at the Open University of Hong Kong, who worries about health risks posed by taking a dip in the water. "I think it's crazy." Indeed, doctors have advised swimmers to flush their eyes with antibiotic drops, and to refrain from taking part if they have cuts on their skin, while Guangzhou's Yangcheng Evening News quoted a woman whose training swims in the river left her with diarrhea and eye inflammation. Her sage advice to swimathon contestants: wear a wet suit...
...finally, he replied to Hilbert and declined his invitation to visit Göttingen the next day. His letter did not hide his anxiety: "Your analysis interests me tremendously ... The hints you gave in your messages awaken the greatest of expectations. Nevertheless, I must refrain from traveling to Göttingen for the moment ... I am tired out and plagued by stomach pains ... If possible, please send me a correction proof of your study to mitigate my impatience...
North Korea's provocative July 4 missile test has left Japan scrambling for a response. As evidence first became public two weeks ago that a North Korean test might be imminent, Tokyo had been among the first and loudest voices in an international chorus demanding that Pyongyang refrain from going ahead. Japan responded immediately by suspending the ferry transport and charter flights between the countries, and blocking North Korean officials from traveling to Japan. It also moved quickly to co-sponsor, with the U.S., a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that North Korea immediately cease development, testing and deployment...
...relieve the financial stress on its sclerotic economy. But there's little agreement among the principals on how to respond. Russia and China have made clear they are unlikely to support any U.N. sanctions. Even though South Korean and Chinese leaders both warned the North Koreans, as friends, to refrain from test firing the missiles, they may be unlikely to translate their pique into punitive action. Both countries fear that if the regime is pressed to the wall, it could launch a cataclysmic confrontation. And even the potential collapse of the regime is feared as a dangerous destabilizing factor...