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...group, upon which China had insisted, but analysts were nevertheless encouraged. "We thought we would fight like cats and dogs on the statement," said Carolina Hernandez, President of the Institute of Strategic and Development Studies at the University of the Philippines, "but there was agreement on the first draft in only three minutes." She credits successful diplomacy for the smoothing of Beijing feathers. "Perhaps because people (in the group) are no longer ganging up against the Chinese, they are less paranoid." But to the paranoiac always comes a threat, and China's other hand is a fist. In Hong Kong...
...given almost $300,000 in "soft money" to Republican Party committees, including $178,000 in this election cycle. An AIG subsidiary, Unity Insurance Co., is the only U.S.-based financial-services firm in Zimbabwe. Since 1987 that country has been demanding that foreign-owned financial companies draft plans to sell 51% of their assets to Zimbabweans. When AIG resisted, U.S. State Department officials helped start negotiations on the dispute last spring. But the company abruptly quit the talks, U.S. officials say, and pressed friends in Congress to slash aid to Zimbabwe--$23.3 million this year--by more than half unless...
Prestifilippo, who was drafted in the seventh round of the NHL draft by the New York Islanders, was excellent in net and showed very few signs of first-game-jitters. He ended up with an impressive 21 saves for the night and praise from his coaches and teammates...
...arrogance. On the other hand, a trial by fire might not work after all. I've asked a few acquaintances about how they'd feel about fighting in a world war and they've all given me the same response. They beam proudly and reply, "I'd dodge the draft...
Dornan is a right-wing master of rhetoric who preaches family values and military might. A perpetually partisan critic, he has hounded President Clinton for his draft record and homosexuals for their nontraditional life-style. After washing out on the presidential trail this year, Dornan also faces a tough congressional opponent...