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...pressure of U.S.-Japan trade talks, even without any sanctions being imposed, has helped open the door. Merely the threat of them has persuaded the Japanese to simplify the costly car-inspection procedures for importers and ease the industry's grip on the dealership system. Too much pushing on this front, however, could spoil a good thing. Unresolved trade talks help keep the Japanese concessions coming and the yen strong because the largest source of its trade surplus with the U.S. remains untouched. That is one reason U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor did not impose broad sanctions when Washington...
...added incentive is the fact that the men finished first last season. The trophy from last year is in its grip, and, with a defeat, not only would the race be lost, but also the trophy...
What of Sarajevo itself? As Bosnian Serb units once again tightened their grip on a city to which they have denied water, gas and electricity since Sept. 14, TIME received the following report...
...next question was equally patronizing and arrogant, typical of a Harvard mind. Was this lady crazy? Didn't she understand that Harvard is the very paragon of enlightenment? She needed to get a grip on reality. Harvard teaches math, political science, physics, English. Its students and teachers are the best thinkers and human beings around...
Zedillo will have to keep a grip on inflation but also push for economic growth. He will have to find ways to get more purchasing power to consumers, spreading the country's rising prosperity more evenly. If he cannot do it, the vote next time could produce real change: a President who is not from the P.R.I...