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...detente with the Soviet bloc - Ostpolitik - Brandt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. Three years later he was brought down, as other leaders have been, by a spy scandal and a sex scandal. (Oddly, he didn?t fabricate a war on a weak and unthreatening country. That tactic doesn?t get you impeached; it may get you a second term...
...that closed up shop included tobacco giant Surya Nepal, whose taxes account for up to 4% of the government's revenue; others ceased operation voluntarily, fearing they would be targeted next. Enforced by the threat of "action" against any who defy the Maoists' orders, the moves signal a new tactic in a conflict that has already claimed 10,000 lives: to bring Nepal to its knees economically. "It could be a disaster," warns Bishwambher Pyakuryal, political-science professor at Tribhuvan University. "A contraction is inevitable if this situation continues...
...others have forced big settlements from enabling banks. After its bankruptcy, Enron sued its own lenders; that suit is pending. In May, investors in the bankrupt telecom giant WorldCom received a $2.65 billion payout from Citigroup. So far, Parmalat's other creditors are cheered by Bondi's hardball tactics. "The more value there is in the estate - for any reason - the better it is for us," says Attorney Evan D. Flaschen of the U.S. law firm Bingham McCutchen, who represents about 100 institutions including insurers and pension funds that together hold about $2 billion of Parmalat bonds. But Bondi needs...
...they ostensibly provide important evidence. The effect is the visual equivalent of a sea of ellipses. The practice is prevalent enough to cast doubt on the veracity of the comments (Were they taken out of context? Why can’t we see them uncut?), not an advisable tactic when the subject in question is an allegedly biased and slanted news network...
...Crimson elevated its base cadence in the race’s final strokes but never fully sprinted. The tactic was more than sufficient in holding off the older Cambridge crew while still conserving energy for the following day’s final...