Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when it comes to playing politics with the Megaplex, it's easy to fumble. Flaherty, in fact, has gotten himself into a mega-political bind over the issue. Flaherty authored the Megaplex legislation, but now has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of his own bill...
...wake of communism's collapse, the question on the table for the first time is whether to expand eastward to embrace those former Soviet satellites finally in a position to join the free world's premier defense alliance. "It would be a historic sin to miss this opportunity to bind in the East Europeans," says NATO Secretary-General Manfred Worner. But the West, led by the U.S., is about to commit that very sin. The 16 nations that already enjoy NATO's protection are on the verge of effectively denying it to others...
...will put off sending the proposals to Congress until his health-care legislation has moved through committee -- the same committees that would handle welfare reform. That could be six to 10 months from now. To do otherwise, argues one high Administration official, could put potential allies in a bind. "If some members of Congress feel they would be tugged to the left in health-care reform, they might want to go to the right in welfare reform, to the detriment of our program...
...announced a tentative agreement -- no details -- on the agricultural issues that have been blocking a new world-trade agreement. The bargainers still have plenty of work to do as they race to meet a Dec. 15 deadline. But the odds improved that they can seal a deal that would bind 116 nations to take further steps toward free trade. If so, exports all over the world, including those shipped from the U.S., should benefit...
...until November 13, Clinton apparently failed to recognize the need for a moral vision to bind together the disparate components of his legislative agenda. Until November 13, he seemed to have forgotten that George Bush's downfall was the result of his deficient vision, or "the vision thing," as the former President phrased...