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...much else besides. It is far from clear whether Suu Kyi, even if freed, would be allowed to attend or whether delegates will be able to speak freely. Some delegates were sentenced to long jail terms for criticizing the last convention, which collapsed in 1996. All this fuels the suspicion that the generals merely want the upcoming convention to rubber-stamp a constitution that would preserve their grip on power...
Taiwan: Dodging the Bullet Taiwan's presidential election is over amid heated disputes, leaving behind it layers of suspicion and a nation divided [March 29]. We knew all along that President Chen Shui-bian might do something dramatic to change the course of the campaign in his favor. No one, however, could have imagined an assassination attempt barely 20 hours before the election. There is still much speculation that the shooting was a political stunt staged to win sympathy votes for Chen. Even if the bullets were actually fired by a would-be assassin, the fact remains that the legitimacy...
...those files-important strands in the nation's gigantic net to catch a few disloyal citizens-which gave even the most ardent admirer of the FBI a slightly uneasy feeling. It was not that very many people objected to flushing out Communists and potential saboteurs. It was a suspicion that any such collection was bound to damn the innocent as well as the guilty ... But without the assurance of the FBI's eternal vigilance, the U.S. might feel uneasier still. -TIME...
...featuring a sensitive hypochondriac named Alain Costes and his wife, Cecile. Alain misunderstands a need for a minor operation as an indication that he is soon to die. Deciding to keep his wife from worry, he secretively visits doctor after doctor, arousing his wife’s suspicion that he is having an affair. Soon, she has put a private detective on his trail who only has eyes for Cecile and the dignified yet madcap hilarity inherent in a French love triangle commences. Tickets $7.50. 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 p.m. Brattle Theatre...
...part, this is due to a growing trend at Harvard towards centralization—with Allston and the growing push towards interdisciplinary—that increasingly pits science departments against each other. (But far from actually promoting interdepartmental collaboration, this instead seems to have generated an attitude of suspicion, where each department worries their neighbor will steal the limited lab space under works...