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Mahathir, who doubles as the home affairs minister, is in charge of administering the ISA. Asia Watch reports that he "has acknowledged that the [amendment] was intended to strengthen the hand of the executive personnel, lest they become too 'wary' of detaining people under...
...situation is "nasty," says the source. "Jeffrey is in detention. The federal prosecutor...needs testimony from people in Hong Kong [to strengthen the KL's case...
...passing off conservatives so utterly and glibly, Barish does not even acknowledge legitimate conservative critiques that may explain liberalism's existing unpopularity; resolutions of these criticisms could revive and strengthen liberalism. Further, by framing his argument in such a moralistic manner, Barish undermines the possibility for thoughtful discourse on political issues...
...Delaware waterfront the headquarters for GE Aerospace, plus a hotel, waterfront park, the nation's second largest aquarium and an office tower to contain the world headquarters of Campbell's Soup. The hope, says Thomas Corcoran, president of the Coopers Ferry Development Association, is that the complex will strengthen the tax base, bring in new jobs and restore to the residents a much needed sense of civic pride...
...mistake to provide large-scale assistance to the former Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev. Dominated by communist hard-liners until the August 1991 coup, hostile to free elections and self- determination for the nations of the Soviet Union, and addicted to economic half measures, his government adopted reforms to strengthen the communist system, not to abandon it. With the final lowering of the red flag of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day, that situation changed decisively. The Soviet people finally achieved their deepest aspiration -- not reform under communism but reform without communism. Unfortunately, the West has been slow in committing...