Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...island be attacked by China. These are the most serious signals to date about the state of relations between the world's sole remaining superpower and its sole up-and-coming superpower. One misstep and one misperception after another in recent years have bumped the U.S. and China closer to crisis. The latest rupture has been triggered by China's harsh warning to Taiwan, underlined by war games offshore, that it must remain committed to eventual reunification and squelch whatever dreams of independence it might be harboring. True, what is happening off Taiwan is pantomime rather than confrontation: eager...
...believes, it lost its bid to host the 2000 Olympics, which went instead to Sydney, Australia. Washington has blocked China's membership in the World Trade Organization, which Beijing wants as a venue for reconciling trade disputes and obtaining more favorable tariff treatment. The U.S. has also explored a closer military relationship with India, against which China fought a war in 1962, and last year established full diplomatic relations with Vietnam, a traditional enemy that repulsed a Chinese invasion...
...reading, I kept thinking how familiar all those questions seem. Although many aspects of women's lives have changed since the 1920s--it is now expected and accepted that most women will work, and women are closer to parity with men in jobs than they ever have been--it struck me how many of the questions simply haven't gone away. The dilemma of balancing career and family has not disappeared; it has simply changed form...
This category reflects the prevailing opinion that 1995 was a year of mediocre movies--despite 153 releases in wide distribution. Aside from "Sense and Sensibility," all of the nominees were released early in 1995. This is extremely unusual, for serious Oscar contenders are typically released closer to the time of voting. With no clear front-runner this year, the campaigns--such as ads in trade papers like Variety--can make a difference...
...SUMMER OF 1980 UNFOLDED AND THE DATE OF ANOTHER interest payment drew closer, Whitewater lot sales came to a halt. Meanwhile, McDougal soured on his job in the Clinton administration. Faced with some legislative setbacks, Bill seemed dispirited; as Hillary explained it to press secretary Julie Baldridge, "If I didn't kick Bill Clinton's ass every day, he wouldn't be worth anything." McDougal began to have his own run-ins with Hillary, so he quit...