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...give the institution new life, some 100 nations representing more than 85% of world trade are engaged in the most ambitious trade-liberalizing talks ever, which began four years ago at the Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este. But with only two months left to complete the negotiations, the lofty spirit of the so-called Uruguay Round is bogged down in protectionist politics. The sticking points: how to limit agricultural subsidies, reduce protection for textiles and write new rules for trade in services. Last week President Bush warned against a breakdown in the talks. The Uruguay Round, he said...
Rauch, who is in charge of running the election, said that he would continue extending the filing deadline as long as necessary, and might resort to calling his friends in the houses to fill the seats...
...People are moving; gear is under way," says one source. The attacks would not be confined to the Middle East; they would hit targets in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Nor would the terrorists confine themselves to the classic means of bomb and bullet; they too might resort to biological warfare. Some analysts conjure up nightmare visions of a light plane scattering anthrax powder around the Washington area...
...finale of Gershwin's Concerto in F. And now I had made an appointment with his successors to judge the extent of change among the dread Security Police in the new South Africa. Though I was no longer too scared to go in there, I was sufficiently apprehensive to resort mentally to Fascinating Rhythm as I pressed the button beside the familiar steel grille...
...staying power is the least of it. As pessimism about the embargo's long- term effectiveness leads logically to battle, so the Administration's goal of crippling the worst of Saddam's war-fighting capacity appears unattainable without resort to force. The President has danced around this objective for weeks, but the evidence grows that merely restoring the status quo ante will not yield "security and stability" in the gulf, one of Bush's publicly stated goals. As he told Congress last week, America wants "to curb the proliferation of chemical, biological, ballistic-missile and, above all, nuclear technologies...