Word: agreements
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Because of its prestige, the U.S. has the potential to do enormous good in promoting international treaties to heal the planet. Agreements like the 1987 Montreal Protocol, governing the release of ozone-damaging gases, serve the important function of reassuring nations that protecting the environment will not put them at a competitive disadvantage. So far, though, the Bush Administration has squandered the momentum generated by the Montreal agreement. Administration negotiators outraged nations in Africa, a prime dumping ground for hazardous wastes, by opposing important safety provisions in an international agreement on the shipment of toxic refuse...
...part of the settlement, Harvard also agreed to re-landscape the courtyard in such a way as to "discourage use of the space for ball-playing and active recreation and to create an atmosphere encouraging quiet activities," the agreement said...
Shevardnadze already was scheduled to be in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday to sign a new trade and economic cooperation agreement with the 12-nation European Community. The accord will expand commercial ties between Moscow and prosperous Western Europe...
...alliances presented the texts as part of efforts to reach a speedy agreement. NATO wants an accord wrapped up in 1990; the United States is pressing for a June deadline...
Participants in the debate said there was no agreement on who would become president but that the person chosen would be a Czech not affiliated to any political party...