Word: affair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hook in such scrapes. In a similar episode only a few weeks ago, the U.S. chose not to impose economic sanctions, accepting Chinese leaders' assurances that they had not known about the sale to Pakistan of magnets that could be used in building nuclear weapons. Was last week's affair another case of an unsupervised Chinese sales staff...
...magnet affair goes beyond dollars and yuan. U.S. intelligence learned last year that a Chinese company had sold devices to Pakistan that are used to produce enriched uranium for nuclear warheads. The amount of money involved was small--less than $100,000--but the implications for the proliferation of nuclear weapons were very great. Although U.S. law called for sanctions against China, Secretary of State Warren Christopher ruled against them after receiving private pledges from his counterpart, Foreign Minister Qian Qichen. Qian told Christopher the top leaders had not known about the transaction and would make sure...
Michael isn't alone in apparently equating slowness with wisdom. Richie's first new album in 10 years is also a rather slumberous affair, one whose title, Louder than Words, belies its content. This is a soft, quiet album. The first song, Piece of Love, does have a deep, engaging bass groove, but few moments on this CD--except the wonderful cascade of jazz that closes out the song Lovers at First Sight--really hook us. The talented Richie can do more--remember Easy and Three Times a Lady? Those songs were slow too, but they had a casual charm...
...White House was feeling pretty cocky about these various scandals until this week, and was playing hardball the Oversight Committee." The Committee's findings will be closely watched by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, whose authority was expanded a couple of months ago to include the travel office affair. Nobody expects today's move to end the Travelgate issue, but by releasing the documents the White House avoids the spectacle of a full House contempt vote against Jack Quinn; David Watkins, the former official who actually did the firing; and former Watkins aide Michael Moore. Scot Woods
...album's best songs, Heartspark Dollarsign, Alexakis sings of having an interracial affair and rejecting one's racist past. The song's video was directed by Larry Clark (his name was removed from the credits after an editing disagreement), the man behind the controversial, nihilistic movie Kids. "I didn't see Kids until after the video," says Alexakis. "It offended me as a father." Clearly, this is a rocker with adult concerns, and this mature album proves...