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...shock admission, made in an informal arena, may have been stereotypical Pyongyang disinformation calculated to gain bargaining leverage. The North's envoys "are certainly obnoxious," a senior U.S. State Department official said after the talks ended. But claiming to have joined the nuclear club is a dangerous gambit that could cost Kim the few allies he has - and it's an especially risky tactic to use against the take-no-prisoners Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Before the week was out, the White House said it would rally its allies to support international economic sanctions against the North...
...ECONOMIC PRESSURE Following the North's surprise admission in Beijing, the U.S. might find it easier to gain international support for economic sanctions, probably under United Nations auspices. Cutting off the North's supply lines looks on the surface to be a useful strategy. Short of fuel, electricity and fertilizer, the North Korean economy has been steadily withering for years. Only foreign handouts keep the country's 23 million people from starvation, and the specter of another famine like the one that killed an estimated 2.5 million from 1996 to 1998 looms because donations have slowed to a trickle since...
...keeping each match close, VCU was never able to gain momentum...
...workout is not without critics. Miriam Nelson, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Tufts University, says Curves' use of hydraulic resistance rather than actual weights allows users to exercise only when lifting, not when lowering. Heavin concurs but says the resulting reduction in muscle gain is, for Curves' mostly novice clientele, more than offset by greater safety, because most muscle injuries occur during the lowering phase of weight-bearing exercise. He gleaned this fact from Jack Wilmore, professor of physiology at Texas...
Lewis said that the presidents have asked the league committees to consider ways to raise the minimum academic standard all athletes must meet to gain admission. Lewis outlined his own plan to make the academic profile of athletes more resemble that of the student body as a whole...