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...resident of Winthrop House, Vagts wrote his senior thesis about another time of turmoil, the French Revolution...
...necessarily count on the long-term backing of the powerful military. Economists and stock analysts around Asia question Habibie's ability to bring sensible change to Indonesia's choking economy--his big-spending statist policies are anathema to the International Monetary Fund--and politicians forecast continuing turmoil as secular and religious groups compete for influence now that Suharto's strong restraining hand has been lifted...
...Jakarta's Tanah Abang district. "But we can't afford to buy anything anymore." The precedents were not good--the last time Indonesia went amok was in 1965: half a million people were killed after an abortive communist coup then-President Sukarno could not control. Suharto used the turmoil to maneuver himself into the leadership...
...surprise, business travel is faltering beneath the weight of the economic turmoil in Asia--though often to the benefit of those who still travel there. More of them are likely to be from the West, since preliminary data indicate that, overall, Asians are staying home more these days--most dramatically in battered nations like South Korea, where it's considered unpatriotic to spend money outside the country. Last December, Korean airline companies, at the urging of the national tourism association, staged a demonstration at Seoul's Kimpo International Airport asking passengers not to fly abroad. Even in Singapore, where...
...Street Corner Symphony," the next act, traces the recent turmoil that the black community has faced due to racism. Two particularly captivating moments take place during this act: Reynolds draws howls and cheers from the audience with one raised eyebrow as she struts around stage in a spicy outfit during "1967-Hot Fun." A minute later, the deadly pounding of drums echoes the dancers' intense and slow-burning rage in "1977-Blackout...