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...full-scale reversal of past privatizations would likely give rise to a host of legal challenges that could swamp the government. Pinchuk has said he plans to defend his businesses, which include a huge Soviet-era pipe plant, four national TV stations, Kryvorizhstal and many others. Reprivatization could potentially scare away foreign investors, too, and, depending on which deals go under the microscope, may even hurt some Yushchenko supporters who benefited from previous privatizations, such as Petro Poroshenko, now head of the National Security and Defense Council, and Petro Yushchenko, the President's brother. And if the President is perceived...
...hammering home the point even harder than before. ?You're getting your check,? Bush told seniors Friday in Westfield, New Jersey, ?nothing will change. No matter what the talk is about reform, nothing will change. I don't care what the ads say, I don't care what the scare tactics say, you're going to get your check...
...turn a blind eye to jurisdiction by the I.C.C., which is, after all, an "internationally accepted means"? "You can dovetail that, but I can't," says the U.S. spokesman. While the U.N. debates, hundreds die in the region every day. - By Maryann Bird Food Fright BRITAIN A U.K. food scare involving the banned dye Sudan 1 - shown to be carcinogenic in rats - spread to 15 other, mostly European, countries. Britain issued an alert on Feb. 18 when Premier Foods reported that it found traces of Sudan 1 in a batch of chili powder in its Worcester Sauce. The alert...
Harvard professors don’t scare easily. Though protected by life tenure and the prestige of an elite university, they are occasionally called to act at great risk to their sense of comfort. And rarely have they shown more courage, more disregard for personal convenience in the face of mortal danger, than in proposing a no-confidence motion in University President Lawrence H. Summers, to be voted on in an emergency meeting next week...
...corporations are seldom held accountable. When they are, the most fearsome penalty the government can come up with amounts to no more than back pay and a sign posted by the company promising not to repeat the violations. The Ad Board couldn’t even scare a Harvard student with that. What’s more, the penalty comes after years of court procedures, leaving the union dead in the water by the time the case is resolved...