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These are the times that try diplomats' souls. Two days after relations between the United States and China were reported as finally "on the mend" after the May bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, China issued a report Feb. 21 threatening Taiwan with military attack if it delayed reunification with the mainland. The threat came at an exceedingly bad time for the Clinton administration, which is gearing up for a coming fight on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, in which it will have to counter both union opposition and new reports of Chinese human rights violations...
...instance, when reporters challenged him on his failure to speak out against the racist policies of Bob Jones University, he jutted his jaw and said, "Don't you judge my heart." The Bush camp kept the spot on the air through primary day--long after McCain had taken his attack ad off the air--because it implied that McCain was still playing dirty even after he had committed himself to sending only positive messages...
...William Halsey. When he would pass through the U.S. during the war, McCain's mother would wake up the kids in the middle of the night and sit them on the sofa so she could take pictures of them with their famous grandfather. He died of a sudden heart attack five days after he stood on the deck of the battleship Missouri to watch the Japanese surrender. The obituary ran on the front page of the New York Times; President Truman sent condolences...
...wrong. Last week the American Heart Association issued a scientific advisory declaring that weight lifting does in fact improve cardiovascular health and is "strongly recommended for...cardiovascular disease-prevention programs." The report even suggests weight training for people who have had a heart attack--as long as they haven't suffered major heart damage...
...stop talking to the press. He didn't get that from his mother. "I am so shy and so nervous that I couldn't tell you anything," 88-year-old Roberta McCain told TIME last week. "I can't think on my feet. I would have a heart attack or jump out this five-story window. I'm worried that whatever I would tell you would be true...