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Protesters bring back powerful memories for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Her father, former president Sukarno, was pushed out in 1966, in part by angry mobs. The man who engineered his downfall, Suharto, was forced to step down in 1998 by massive protests over price hikes and rampant corruption. So over the past three weeks, as crowds of students and laborers railed at, yes, price hikes and corruption, Megawati panicked. Her dilemma: either reduce prices and deal a blow to the country's economic reforms or leave them in place and risk larger, potentially destabilizing demonstrations. At first, Megawati stood fast, telling Indonesians--half of whom live on ...