Word: agreement
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Arafat and Barak have given themselves until February 15 to conclude a framework agreement on the "Final Status" issues, but during overnight talks in Oslo Tuesday they didn't even discuss their substantive difference, only procedural matters. The absence of any sign of progress in bridging the immediate differences over Israeli settlers and Jerusalem has President Clinton worried, because the danger suddenly seems very real that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process - the centerpiece of his foreign policy legacy - could grind to a halt. Failure to agree on peace, of course, wouldn't necessarily result in a return to war. Arafat...
Talk about writing checks you can't cash.... President Clinton is rushing to finalize a trade agreement by the end of November to allow China entry into the World Trade Organization, according to Tuesday?s New York Times. But the fact that any deal would have to pass both houses of Congress has Beijing doubting whether Mr. Clinton can deliver, even if they do manage to strike a deal. And, of course, that's a big "if." The two sides were reportedly close to agreement when Premier Zhu Rongji visited Washington in April, but the fallout from the Chinese nuclear...
...beyond reach right now. So they're haggling once again over everything from textiles to telecommunications in search of a workable deal. But in light of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty debacle, the espionage allegations, the competitive concerns of U.S. industry and labor lobbies and the fact that an agreement would go to the Hill in an election year, the current negotiations are probably somewhat hypothetical...
DIED. JACK LYNCH, 82, former Irish Prime Minister who chose not to send troops to protect Catholics in Northern Ireland as violence erupted in 1969; in Dublin. He began the tension easing between north and south that led to 1998's peace agreement...
...instance, aren't considered to be particularly top of the line in Germany, but are considered luxury cars in much of the rest of the world. Rovers are commonplace in Britain, but they are seen as classy foreign imports in Southern Europe. There is not even pan-European agreement on what constitutes quality. A T shirt made from a cotton-polyester blend may suit a British shopper, but French and German consumers want 100% cotton T shirts only, please. Licensing executive Gianfranco Mari, head of the agency DIC 2 in Milan, underlines that "what sells in Italy may not sell...