Word: brinkmanship
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...measure of Microsoft's almost refreshing naivete that these guys actually thought plain English might cut it inside the Beltway. For while Gates' semantic hairsplitting may have been technically accurate, in p.r. terms it was painfully misguided. The media gasped at Microsoft's brinkmanship, and that $1 million-a-day fine Klein asked for last fall now loomed like a juicy apple ripe for Jackson's picking...
Though last week's suicide attack was the first since Netanyahu became Prime Minister last May, he has amassed a stunning record for brinkmanship during his first 300 days: three major crises in the peace negotiations; a war scare with Syria; a domestic political scandal that threatens to indict his closest aides for corruption; the alienation at one time or another of virtually all his friends, constituents and foreign allies. In the aftermath of Friday's blast, many were debating who bore the most blame and whether the peace process, already damaged goods, was now beyond repair...
...condemn the I.R.A. directly. To do so would violate the republican code of honor and mean the end of his relationship with the movement. Rather, Adams set out to explain the reasons why--regrettably--the I.R.A. had returned to violence. "Everybody knew that the British government was involved in brinkmanship and the cease-fire was ready to pop at any time," he said. "The British broke the commitments they made when the I.R.A. agreed to the cease-fire. They promised all-party talks, but after 18 months we got nothing." The British have insisted that the I.R.A. start to disarm...
...deal. White House correspondent James Carney says the Administration should be pleased with the Speaker's offer. "If the deal is cut on these terms, it's a clear Clinton victory. This is what the White House has been pushing for." Why is Gingrich, after months of bitter budget brinkmanship, now ready to cut his losses and wait until November? "The Republicans have just gotten creamed on this issue over the past few months," Carney says. "They are rapidly losing public support, and they've got to get out of this mess as soon as possible. They cannot...
...other U.S. automakers is finding a way to make affordable cars with safety features like side-door airbags. "We still have too many cars stacked on top of one another, all trying to sell to the same customer." Smith also admitted that, despite the Clinton Administration's trade brinkmanship with Japan last summer, Japan-bashing from Detroit is a thing of the past: "Now it's really up to us to take advantage of the openings in that market by producing models that ther Japanese want...