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...civilian opponents of the regime are noticeably more pro- interventionist than their neighbors in the region, there was also considerable grumbling. "The U.S. is like a dog that barks a lot but bites not at all," said opposition leader Ricardo Arias Calderon. On Thursday, Noriega ordered a crackdown to weed out traitors. That night, P.D.F. troops attacked the opposition headquarters and hauled away several people, including Endara. The opposition leader was later released and at week's end was holed up inside the Vatican embassy...
...rock music was carefully controlled through the State Concert Agency, a government bureaucracy that reserved the right to determine which bands could legally perform in public places. Only bands that were officially registered by the agency could receive money for their shows, a ploy that allowed bureaucrats to weed out undesirable groups by choking off their income...
...director of the African Wildlife Foundation, "but every bracelet represents a dead elephant." Another top consumer is Japan, where ivory has long been used for personalized seals called hanko. But under pressure from conservationists, Hong Kong and Japan have begun to check closely the documents on ivory imports to weed out illegal shipments. Japan's legal ivory imports, in particular, have dropped sharply in the past three years...
Mayor Suarez helped establish a committee of five black Overtown residents % and five members of the police force to examine the riot. He has also suggested psychological testing of officers to weed out violence-prone bigots. Lozano, meanwhile, has been relieved of duty, with pay, as police, the state attorney's office and the FBI investigate the shooting...
...pull strings to get him admitted. He charged $1,000, offering the money back if the student did not get in. For the consultant, it was a no-lose proposition: he did nothing, and if the student happened to get in, he kept the money. The I.E.C.A. tries to weed out con artists by requiring members to sign an ethics code. But that is unlikely to dissuade the unscrupulous...