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...economic measures put in place by Mahathir will work, but frankly, I don't think they will. On the contrary, they could be a death warrant for prosperity. The reason is simple: until now Malaysia has had a relatively open economy, depending heavily on foreign investments as a spur to growth. Restrictions on capital represent a heavy blow to Malaysia's already ailing economy. NAME WITHHELD ON REQUEST Penang, Malaysia...
...next time you are at a Harvard women's soccer game watching the Crimson beat up on some inferior opponent, take a look and a listen toward the Harvard bench. There you will see Wheaton, Bagley and crew doing their part to spur the Crimson to victory...
...Winfrey announced her intention to make her show more meaningful. In 1996 she started an on-air book club. In 1997 she launched the Angel Network, an ongoing campaign to spur her viewers into doing good works, like building houses for needy families, volunteering at local schools and saving spare change to fund college scholarships. She recently added a regular segment to her show titled "Remembering Your Spirit," which focuses on the rather lofty goal of soothing viewers' souls. "Oprah set the standard in daytime television," says fellow daytime host Rosie O'Donnell. "She consistently maintains a decency and morality...
...wake of three suicides within GSAS since 1997, student leaders ultimately lament that it seems to take tragedy to spur forward the fight for better advising...
...Liberal Democratic Party favors maintaining a fairly generous state-sponsored bank rescue plan, while opposition parties (and the West) want to let weak banks and the enterprises they support perish. Somewhere in the middle may be a viable bill, and the latest round of failures may be enough to spur even the often listless LDP to get economic reform out of the hemming-and-hawing phase and into the law books...