Word: facto
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Secretary of State James Baker III recently announced his intention to visit China later this month, breaking a de facto U.S. ban on high-level contacts since the summer of 1989. His mission is to express U.S. concerns to the Chinese government. But to his counterparts in Beijing, the trip is significant mostly for its symbolic value...
...superpower conflagration have subsided. Immediate threats to Israel's security are not much in evidence. Syria, despite a potent army, is no longer able to tap Moscow for funds and is wooing Washington to attract trade and investment. Egypt has a de jure peace with Israel, Jordan a de facto one. Lebanon is struggling after 16 years of civil war. Iraq is prostrate. And the Palestinians are virtually without patrons. The threat of an oil embargo that could paralyze the U.S. seems distant, given Washington's strong post-Desert Storm ties with Saudi Arabia. Even the hostage crisis is subsiding...
...will go on, good publicity or not. Just as long as students stay involved and continue to benefit from the de facto good accomplished by student government, UC members will have motivation enough. David Lefer '93 Chair UC Ad Hoc Committee on Security
...many as 100 dead in the first few hours of the coup, and Western diplomats believe the final death toll could be in the hundreds. The streets turned quiet after bands of soldiers began patrolling in unmarked cars, their rifles protruding from the windows. Haitians mounted a de facto general strike even before Prime Minister Rene Preval, who is in hiding, sent out the call for one. "No one is going to work until Titid returns," a taxi driver said, using Aristide's affectionate nickname...
Likud is bent on settling the territories to ensure their de facto annexation and preclude any exchange of land for peace. If Housing Minister Ariel Sharon had his way, the Trojan horse would be filled with immigrants speaking Russian...