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...push back. Brazil, now the world's second biggest cotton exporter after the U.S., last year won a WTO ruling that Washington's cotton subsidies unfairly distorted world trade. A U.S. appeal was denied. And when Congress failed to act on U.S. Department of Agriculture proposals to fix the WTO problem by a September deadline, Brazil, exercising its right under WTO rules to "retaliate," announced that it would no longer honor patents and copyrights on U.S. movies, pharmaceuticals and other items. The U.S. warned Brazil to back off or face the wrath of Congress, but Brazil is seeking $1 billion...
...opened barely half an inch to his habit of donning his hat to ward off anyone coming too close. Del Mar doesn't have too much to say, but he's got a Russian novel's worth of body language, most of it about loss. "If you can't fix it," he tells Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), his lover, in a rare moment of reflection about his life, "you've got to stand...
...that will protect against Category 5 hurricanes. The Corps of Engineers plans to repair 40 miles of the 300-mile system before the next hurricane season. Nagin won promises from the Corps to rebuild the system to withstand a Category 3 storm "plus some," which means they plan to fix the flaws that reputedly caused the levee breaks that flooded 80% of the city--for as long as four weeks in some areas. The improved levees will be 17 ft. high, vs. 12 ft. to 13 ft. pre-Katrina. With $8 million pending for a two-year Category 5 study...
...push back. Brazil, now the world's second biggest cotton exporter after the U.S., last year won a WTO ruling that Washington's cotton subsidies unfairly distorted world trade. A U.S. appeal was denied. And when Congress failed to act on U.S. Department of Agriculture proposals to fix the WTO problem by a September deadline, Brazil, exercising its right under WTO rules to "retaliate," announced that it would no longer honor patents and copyrights on U.S. movies, pharmaceuticals and other items. The U.S. warned Brazil to back off or face the wrath of Congress, but Brazil is seeking $1 billion...
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel Twentieth Century Fox 2 stars Fans of the documentary “Spellbound” or those eagerly anticipating the Scripps National Spelling Bee each year are not going to get their fix of competitive dictionary memorization from the new Richard Gere film, “Bee Season.” Frustratingly, this adaptation of Myla Goldberg’s novel focuses more on spiritual exploration and family tribulation than on silent “e”s and phonemes. Gere is Saul Naumann, a cocky, self-absorbed father who demands perfection...