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...years Beijing has envied the popularity that Taiwan enjoys in Congress. But it resisted advice to imitate Taiwan and hire pricey Washington lobbyists to make its case. That changed in May 1995, when Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui was granted a visa to visit the U.S. to attend an alumni gathering at Cornell University. It was a step that followed a nearly unanimous vote in both houses of Congress. The Chinese were stunned by what appeared to be a departure from the U.S. policy of not having official contacts with Taiwan. "The Lee visit was a failure of their...
...analogous strengths. Pakula develops his story patiently, without letting its tensions unravel. At a moment when everyone is saying the studios have lost the knack for making solid, broadly appealing entertainments, 'The Devil?s Own' suggests the skill may only be mislaid. Of course, it helps when you hire grownups to do the job." BOOKS . . . JOHN WAYNE'S AMERICA: In his new history, (Simon & Schuster; 380 pages; $26) Gary Wills imagines that the the fact that John Wayne still tops polls asking us to identify our favorite movie stars some 18 years after his death must tell us something about...
...Clinton put his good pal, Webb Hubbell, on the payroll for a total of more than $400,000 after he resigned from the Justice Department in 1994. Starr wants to know if the White House or its agents urged Lippo and others with links to the Administration to hire Hubbell so he wouldn't cooperate with Starr's investigation into Whitewater...
Powell wasn't an easy hire. Since his decision not to run, a lot of people have wondered what it would take to get the general out of semiretirement, off the phone (he is a well-known phone and fax abuser) and away from the mail (he answers every letter). Even his wife Alma was thinking he ought to get out of the basement more. He had a stack of offers from corporate boards, foundations and academia that if laid end to end would circle the Pentagon and make the Republican who actually did run weep. Then Ray Chambers...
...Alternative Senior Gift Coalition will attempt to "call attention" to the lack of representation on the Faculty and hopes to pressure academic departments to hire more women and minorities, said organizer Megan L. Peimer...