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...they advance in their careers, members of Ma's generation will have to cope with such frustrations and misgivings. Nonetheless, there are growing signs that younger Chinese leaders strongly support Deng's reforms. Says Economist Tang: "The new policy is very necessary because during the Cultural Revolution the economy became very poor. Now we must build it up. That is very important." --By John Greenwald. Reported by Robert T. Grieves and Richard Hornik/Peking
...showing his muscle in the region, abruptly sent the weapons back into the Bekaa just two days later. That move was announced by Peres. The impasse led Defense Minister Rabin to declare ominously, "Israel will reserve to itself the ways, the means and the time to cope with this problem." Israel thus seemed poised to deal with both the missiles and the terrorist attacks, perhaps simultaneously...
...Arab headgear and robes on work assignments in Saudi Arabia, as did Abdel-Hafiz, also a Muslim, which did not go down well with some FBI managers in Washington. Rattigan claims that among the ways the FBI thwarted him was by refusing to provide him with adequate resources to cope with the workload after 9/11. --With reporting by Brian Bennett/Washington
Rosovsky stressed that the shift was meant to help students cope with overwhelming amounts of information...
...parliamentary elections last March. Many believe the arrests are payback for perceived disloyalty and a warning that antigovernment unrest will be met with force. But the arrests may also be a way for Mugabe to make nice with his new patrons in China. As he tries to cope with the world's fastest-shrinking economy, he has developed a Look East policy designed to curry favor with Asian powers, especially Beijing. China has begun to give arms and planes to Zimbabwe; in return, the MDC charges, Zimbabwe is giving China land. The Chinese government is helping to build Mugabe...