Word: statuses
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...China trade deal is an historic breakthrough to be sure, but that doesn't mean it justifies the current giddy optimism over what it will mean for the Chinese people or for relations between Beijing and Washington. The Senate's ratification Tuesday of permanent normal trading-partner status for China "will dim the role of government in people's daily lives and strengthen those within China to fight for higher labor standards, a cleaner environment, for human rights, for rule of law," gushed President Clinton. But anyone who's been paying attention to conditions in China over the past couple...
...sect, and it will almost certainly act as a brake on Beijing's implementing the economic liberalization measures to which it has agreed. So while the Senate vote ends the annual unpleasantness between Beijing and Washington when Congress would rattle its saber at China before dutifully extending normal trade status for another year, it opens what promises to be a new era of conflict over the terms of trade...
Sophomore back Katie Urbanic was not available for the second straight game because of a back strain. She is the fourth Crimson sophomore to miss time this season because of an injury. Her status...
Trouble began in July, when Milosevic downgraded Montenegro's status in the Yugoslav federation. It was a move of unmasked aggression, a kind of diplomatic dare that caused outrage. It was backed with muscle: over the summer the Yugoslav army reasserted its authority in border areas at the expense of the local police. A Western diplomat called Milosevic "a python, slowly tightening his grip." Later this month, sources tell TIME, the Yugoslav army has scheduled training exercises in Montenegro to coincide with the elections. "[Milosevic] is going to set the stage for action," says General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme...
...With that potential having been partially realized, the team enters the season with consistent Top 20 status and an outright Ivy Championship in mind. Seniors Kate Nagle and co-captains Liz Sarles and Maisa Badawy will lead the Crimson's attack. Badawy will orchestrate the offense from left midfield, a position where she led the team with nine assists last year and earned Second Team All-Ivy honors...