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...Secretary of State Madeleine Albright that former leader Deng Xiaoping, just before he died, personally handed him the mandate to improve ties with the U.S. So Jiang wanted Clinton to have a successful summit. If he needed any reinforcement in that, he got it when National Security Adviser Sandy Berger flew to Beijing in early June. Berger explained to Jiang that a really boffo performance was called for now that the atmosphere in the U.S. had been poisoned by charges about illegal Chinese campaign contributions and leaking satellite secrets...
...play New York City next week. More bad headlines came after Clinton arrived in the ancient capital of Xian, when a Hong Kong-based human-rights group reported that some local dissidents had been detained to ensure a smooth visit for Clinton. (National Security Adviser Sandy Berger complained that China was acting as if people were "debris to be swept up for a visitor.") Clinton's job of softening China's image was proving harder than anyone expected...
...issue remained undecided last Tuesday at around 5:30 p.m. as an Oval Office meeting began. The Japanese were still balking. Clinton sat at his desk with chief of staff Erskine Bowles at his side. National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and White House economic adviser Gene Sperling discussed whether the President should talk to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. Rubin was off to one side, pacing quietly. Asked for his recommendation, he ran his fingers through his hair, then somberly replied that intervention by itself would accomplish little. What really mattered was concrete Japanese actions...
...issue features the 21 hottest people under 21 as well as an article about a 21-year-old stunt woman and a guide to the favored products of such stars as Drew Barrymore. For its part, Jump has focused on athletics and life-style. Says editor in chief Lori Berger: "We wanted to do a more sophisticated magazine for girls and not treat them like boy-crazy, fashion-crazed teens." One of the magazine's blurbs touts: THE FATS OF LIFE: ARE THOSE 10 LB IN YOUR HEAD OR ON YOUR HIPS...
...that delay would jeopardize Loral's contract. Schwartz says he never raised the issue with Clinton directly. The company's chief Washington lobbyist, Thomas B. Ross, who was once a spokesman for former National Security Adviser Tony Lake, did send a letter to the current National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, telling him that Schwartz "had intended to raise the issue with you" at a state dinner for British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "But [he] missed you in the crowd...