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...must also credit the Clinton administration's policy of patient engagement with the North, as reflected in the 1994 Agreed Framework. In addition, America has insisted that progress in U.S.-North Korean relations must be predicated on the North's improving relations with South Korea...
...shortage of skepticism about North Korean motives with regard to the summit. Some see this as merely another hollow gesture on the part of the North toward the South, designed not to initiate a substantive dialogue but only to live up to the letter of the Agreed Framework in order to maximize aid from the United States. Some, particularly those from South Korea, even suggest that the wording of the agreement, which calls for a summit between "heads of state" without specifically naming Kim Jong Il and Kim Dae Jung, leaves open the possibility that the North intends to humiliate...
...categories Annunciation, Nativity, Adoration, Holy Family, Passion, Veneration and Coronation, based on the eight-part prayer cycle known as the Hours of the Virgin, provide a good thematic framework for arranging the paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, manuscripts and mixed-media artifacts, mostly drawn from the museum's permanent collection. Less successful is the semi-transparent veil of cloth which enshrines several sculptures and paintings in the center of the room. Creating the illusion of a chapel is an original idea, but out of context in the setting of a museum...
...testing the South's defenses, it's one of extortion. Since 1994, Washington, Tokyo and Seoul have pursued a policy of coaxing Pyongyang away from belligerence by offering economic incentives, such as energy and food aid in exchange for nuclear nonproliferation. But that has also created a bargaining framework for North Korea, which has periodically raised the temperature through bouts of military brinkmanship when it feels it's being short-changed. The historic summit in June, if it takes place, will certainly shift the North-South relationship onto a new plane. But the hungry North will likely expect its pound...
...aboard motorized lifts were another innovation, which welded a framework to hold materials to the top of the machine. Lane also modified several storage containers to better transport various types of materials. Waxed shelves have reduced friction and made it easier to slide out heavy boxes of books...