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While on the court, Stanley didn't break any of his sport's written rules. But, according to Fish, he did break some of the unwritten rules of conduct for his sport...
...officials responsible for protocol can be thankful that state visits like Chirac's can be undertaken by either the Premier or the President -- alone. Under the unwritten rules of cohabitation, more elaborate occasions, like last year's Western economic summit in Tokyo, require the presence of both Chirac and Mitterrand. Though each scrupulously observes the courtesies due the other's office, both expect to be received in equally grand style. They usually travel aboard separate aircraft, hold separate meetings with foreign leaders and are prickly about details, right down to the seating arrangements at banquets. The two leaders have learned...
...unwritten party rule that a presidential aspirant must not show his ambition. Hence, in the coming weeks, the three favored sons can be expected to continue a game of demurral and humility. But when the die is cast, the Mexican public will be looking for some sign that a democratic opening is on the agenda for Mexico's future leader...
Japan's economic troubles threaten a precious social contract: lifetime employment. In return for loyalty to their employer, Japanese workers have come to expect that they will never be fired. (In fact, that unwritten pact has applied mainly to employees of large companies rather than those of small businesses). As layoffs become commonplace, the promise is becoming an illusion, and Japan's unemployment rate has climbed to almost 2.9%. While that is low by U.S. or West European standards, for Japan it represents a level not seen since statistics began to be compiled...
Neither the Zakharov nor the Daniloff arrest seemed to make sense in terms of delicate summit planning, but in the arcane world of East-West spying the events had their own logic. Both sides say they acted because the other side broke unwritten rules of espionage. Zakharov was an irritant to U.S. counterintelligence agents because current spying etiquette decrees that operatives who are not accredited as diplomats can perform "spotting" and "assessment" functions for the spy masters but only those with diplomatic status can handle informants. "We couldn't let the KGB get away with this," said an intelligence official...