Word: envoys
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...Colin Powell is sending an assistant to talk to both sides, but not even giving him the authority of an envoy. You can tell from the way Powell is staying away from direct involvement in the Middle East that he is not sure that the Palestinians and Israelis are going to implement the Mitchell Report - and he doesn't want to invest his prestige in something that turns out to be a failure...
...walk out in protest. Newsweek severed ties with the freshly purged Itogi - which the American magazine had helped publish since 1996 - and asked the reconstituted periodical to stop using the Newsweek logo. Western governments scrambled to find creative ways of gently expressing their unqualified outrage. The European Union's envoy to Moscow murmured that the issue of press freedom might cloud next month's E.U.-Russia summit...
...doctor. As part of its massive buying binge--some 20 companies in 14 months--WebMD purchased two of the old-line health-care technology players it was out to destroy: Medical Manager, a leading practice-management system that does basic billing and scheduling for 185,000 physicians, and Envoy, an old electronic-claims clearinghouse...
...billion in annual trade. It was in the interest of both to let the other side know there were divisions within their ranks. That's the nature of the game, played this round by George W. Bush, a blunt-spoken Westerner whose father was once a special envoy to China, and President Jiang Zemin, an aging autocrat who staked his authority on building a better relationship with the West, only to come under fire at home for going too far. In a test of pride and power, two Presidents fought to control the weapons of diplomacy, the tiny spaces between...
...Once a tentative agreement is reached on returning the crew, Washington should also really consider sending a special emissary or envoy on behalf of President Bush with a message. A personal appearance would give face to the Chinese, allow Beijing to show the Chinese people that here is a representative of the U.S., not groveling but showing magnanimity...