Word: hot-button
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...HOT-BUTTON ISSUE...
...This is a hot-button issue on which Europeans are mostly opposed to Washington - even European conservatives have been critical of the U.S. position. President Bush is unlikely to offer anything that will placate the Europeans, but they will ultimately be forced to engage with his proposals simply because the U.S. remains the world's largest polluter...
...Where does Monday?s ruling leave those states? Will the Supreme Court?s decision galvanize medical marijuana advocates? In an attempt to find the bottom line, TIME.com sat down with two experts to discuss the scientific and legal debates surrounding this hot-button issue...
...Palestinian side has ample cause to be skeptical of the Egyptian-Jordanian plan, too. Where the Israelis' prime concern is halting the violence, Arafat's priority remains the "final status" negotiations over Palestinian statehood, Jerusalem, refugees and other hot-button issues that collapsed at Camp David. But both Sharon and Peres have made abundantly clear that the offers Israel made last year have been withdrawn, and despite the cease-fire proposal's suggestion that negotiations resume where they left off last year, Israel has no interest right now in even discussing the final status issues left unresolved by Oslo. "There...
...been reported that President Bush's security aides are advising him to hold off on the sale of Aegis anti-missile destroyers to Taiwan - a hot-button issue for Beijing. That's a strong signal that Washington wants to prevent the fallout from the Hainan incident from determining the course of U.S. Chinese relations...