Word: burtonizing
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...island, hundreds of foreign companies, from Benetton to Toyota, have poured at least $5 billion into Cuba; and most U.S. companies would jump at the opportunity to invest--just as they are doing in Vietnam. Sponsored by two conservative Republicans, North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms and Indiana Congressman Dan Burton, the bill enjoyed strong support among Cuban Americans and the right. President Clinton, with an eye to re-election, signed it in March...
...allies are furious at what they see as unwarranted meddling in foreign trade. Canada's Minister of Foreign Trade, Arthur Eggleton, told TIME, "The U.S. is doing nothing more than using Helms-Burton to shoot at its friends instead of its enemies." Last week Canada made clear that it would soon retaliate against the U.S. for Helms-Burton. Mexico's President, on a state visit to Canada, denounced it, as did Italy's Prime Minister at a meeting with Clinton in Washington...
...really built something exciting; our program seemed to have some standout results, but there was constant financial pressure," says Burton E. Rosenthal '72, who was a member of the Columbia Point summer program...
...Bishop Hannay. Into this nexus of bitterness and coal dust comes Jonathan Blair, a penniless, malarial and more than slightly gin-sodden African explorer. Blair, who was born in Wigan, would rather be anywhere else, but the wealthy bishop, whose hobby is African exploration--this is the era of Burton, Speke and the Mountains of the Moon--has promised Blair a place on his next expedition if he finds the missing clergyman, who is also the fiance of the bishop's daughter...
...make a serious mistake if you think Cambridge is a safe place at night," says attorney Burton E. Atkins...