"The time when children were deprived of music is gone now, " said Mr. Sarmast, a musicologist who started the academy three years ago with the aim of reviving the country's moribund music scene.

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By contrast in Indonesia, the ethnic Chinese this year were allowed to celebrate the Lunar New Year for the first time in a generation, now that Suharto's iron rule is gone.

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And so now he can, on his own, say now is the time to move on, because otherwise he might have wanted to have gone four months ago.

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But with this barrier now gone and asset values down, this might be the time to convert--provided, that is, you have sufficient assets from outside the IRA to pay the income tax you'll owe.

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