Word: openly
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...case, next week's vote has staggering implications. Last November, after 13 years of negotiations, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky and her Chinese counterpart, Shi Guangsheng, signed a landmark agreement that paves the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization. China agreed to open its markets to a vast basket of U.S. goods and services, dramatically lowering tariffs on almost everything. In return, the U.S. agreed to grant China the same permanent normal trade status every other major economic power enjoys. If Congress does not approve the China trade bill, the U.S. will be the only major...
...minimum to ensure passage of the bill. The Democrats have also made their pitch to those who doubt China's sincerity. The White House announced that it would establish a special compliance office at the Commerce Department to keep track of whether China is honoring its pledges to open markets and reduce tariffs. In addition, the Clinton Administration publicly endorsed a proposal by Representatives Sander Levin, a Michigan Democrat, and Doug Bereuter, a Nebraska Republican, to create a special watchdog commission that would keep tabs on human rights abuses in China...
...Sierra Leone there is very little choice: once in the R.U.F., there is nowhere to go, particularly with the horrors the R.U.F. is accused of. During the war, Sankoh's troops--some as young as 10 and many drugged with narcotics--amputated arms and legs, gouged out eyes, sliced open pregnant women and stewed bodies for food. Says a U.N. official: "He gives an order, and his boys implement it. No questions...
...this block--which features a view of New York's World Trade Center, as well as an open-air drug market--the motor home looks like a carnival curiosity. Women walking with their children look quizzically at the vehicle and ask if there's a book giveaway. They have trouble believing that Booker is a city councilman. "Does he know what neighborhood he's in?" asks Maryann DiCostonzi, 39, who grew up here...
...vocation these days than that of the young British artist. It's not just that one's every artistic exploit is broadcast by a reactionary press, giving one the status of a naughty rock star. And it's not just that one can, on the strength of that notoriety, open a profitable business like Pharmacy, the restaurant owned by Damien Hirst, known for his work with polka dots and animals in formaldehyde...