Word: concessioners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The self-congratulation went a bit too far. Some of the asserted accomplishments are still incomplete. Anticrime and campaign-finance-reform bills passed the House and Senate in different versions that must be reconciled by conference committees next year; it is far from certain how strong the final measures will...
Some of Pei's finest achievements are the most practical. In contrast to the hodgepodge that reigned in the old painting galleries, he arranged the rooms to create a succession of schools and periods. He also conceived the sleek black escalator that runs from the underground level up to the...
An agreement with Mexico in recent weeks to protect Florida's sugar cane and citrus fruit, and an 11th hour concession to protect vegetable growers lured a majority of the 23-member Florida delegation.
The talks have been a slog. The North Koreans, superb brinksmen, never budge until the last moment. They negotiate with that combination of self- righteousness and unblushing bad faith common among old-style communist regimes, violating commitments in order to sell the same concession two or three times. On the...
Last week there was some cause for hope when the government in Luanda agreed to resume peace talks in response to a UNITA announcement that it was ready to accept last year's election results. But the rebel movement, which will be hit next month by U.N. sanctions that include...