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...radiation, the inspectors could detect no nuclear developments. At three other sites that the U.S. said were resuming production of chemical and biological agents, repeated inspections showed the plants were either inoperative or producing something other than microbes. The Administration says that just proves why inspections will never root out the weapons programs that Washington knows lie hidden...
...Sakamoto's success is also the root of the publishing mandarins' ire: he took their most potent weapon?their ability to fix prices?and turned it against them. One of the most stubborn vestiges of the Japanese government's protectionist bent is its 89-year-old saihan law, which makes it illegal to sell new books at a discount. The law's defenders spout a host of muddled rationales for preserving it, arguing variously that it promotes literacy or protects copyrights or maintains the intellectual integrity of the nation's literary output. This in a country where...
...Since the deadly nightclub bombings on the Indonesian island of Bali?an attack that was recently shown to have al-Qaeda connections?the U.S. has fostered closer links with Indonesia's military, offering funding and training to help root out dangerous Islamic elements in the nation's society. If soldiers were involved in the murder of Americans, that effort could be derailed?as could Indonesia's broader standing with the U.S. "This is not an issue where just the military-to-military component of our relationship could be affected," says a senior U.S. official. "It's the whole relationship...
...Nice to root for the underdog, but what about countries that produced several great films this year? Academy rules allow only one film per country per year, forcing prolific nations to make painful choices; Mexico's Y Tu Mamá También and Spain's Talk to Her were not submitted. "The impulse of the Academy is to be as inclusive as possible," says executive director Bruce Davis. "Ideally every picture in every country [would be] eligible. We would then decide what the best films of the year were and if all five came from Yugoslavia...
...requirements, rarely do we challenge the overwhelming assumption on which the grades are divvied up. For the mistaken—if understandable—belief in the desirability of continuous academic assessment, where a multitude of different factors contribute to one’s final grade, lies at the root of many of the current problems with undergraduate education at Harvard...