Word: frameworks
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...Bill Clinton may not be altogether bad for Al Gore, and the Seattle debacle may, in fact, work to the vice president's advantage: The Clinton administration's tough talk on labor rights won support from union leaders, and the summit's failure means there's no trade-talk framework agreement for the vice president to defend against Democratic party skeptics. U.S. trade representative Charlene Barshefsky, who chaired the Seattle talks, closed the conference Friday calling for a "time out" in the talks, and for the next year at least the principals may slow things down as U.S. elections loom...
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny's soundtrack to A Map of the World, the upcoming film based on Jane Hamilton's book, falls somewhere in between. Certainly no innovation, but surely no tragedy, Metheny's compositions are no doubt appropriate. The main framework of the album is a variation on a theme, punctuated by less topical instrumentations, which include very literal motifs. An apt analogy would be to say that the artist has ceded to the architect. That is to say, Metheny has selflessly concealed his artistic biases to create a non-intrusive score for a film and not a masterpiece...
First some facts. The WTO is basically a framework of international trade agreed among its member governments, together with a nascent dispute settlement mechanism for enforcing those agreements. It is much less an international bureaucracy. The Geneva headquarters hosts a mere 500 workers, including support staff. This staff mainly supports international negotiations, analyzes trade patterns and manages the dispute settlement process. Contrary to charges on the streets of Seattle, it does not write international trade rules: the member governments do that in the course of negotiations...
...proud of the council's work in the past four years and during my term in this last year. Even while working within the framework of the council's current structure, we have never failed to fight hard for the students' interests, and I am confident that no matter who is elected in the next few weeks to replace me, the council will continue to work tirelessly to represent the student body...
Moreover, for almost six decades, American leaders have strived on a bipartisan basis to achieve security for our nation within a broader framework of security for all who desire to live in peace and respect the rights of others. In this era of readily available and highly destructive weaponry, this is the only true path to a secure future. And the only way to ensure that the U.S. remains respected, not only for our economic and military power, but also for the power of our example and our ideals...