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...were Mexicans angry about the ditch that the U.S. has said it will build on the border near San Diego? Doesn't the U.S. have the right to protect its borders against illegal immigrants...
When renegade House Republicans made a last-ditch attempt to soften President Bush's tough savings-and-loan bailout bill last week, there was nothing wimpy about his response. As the House debated the legislation, the President corralled congressional leaders and took his cause to the people. "It is time for the American public and our Administration to say that enough is enough," Bush said. If the House weakened the stringent new regulations of the bill, the President warned, he would veto it. By week's end Bush prevailed when the House approved a strong bailout bill by a vote...
...School's grading system gives as much weight to class participation as to exams, discouraging reticence while rewarding those who contribute to class discussions. As a result, students say they often address the ethical elements of a case study only in last-ditch attempts--called "chip shots" in B-School parlance--to offer a relevant comment before class time elapses...
...also to its occasional grief, was never cut out for imperialism. Even the vestige of such an adventure at the beginning of the 20th century is enough to complicate American domestic politics and foreign policy alike at the end of the century. Teddy Roosevelt not only dug the big ditch but helped carve out the little nation around it by supporting secessionists in a malaria-ridden province of Colombia. But no good deed in the pursuit of empire goes unpunished. The legacy that T.R. left his successors has turned increasingly from a strategic and commercial boon to a political curse...
...Bush refused to intervene, contending that such a move was unlikely to produce an agreement. He also warned the unions against staging secondary boycotts of other carriers. As the strike deadline approached, Eastern's management made a last-ditch offer to reduce its wage-concession demands to $125 million, but IAM viewed the concessions as still too large...