Word: hurd
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...humanitarian assistance in Bosnia, are reluctant to take any steps that might invite Serbian retaliation or close down their relief effort. They believe that sending more arms to the Muslims will only fuel a deadlier and possibly wider war. Lifting the embargo, said Britain's Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, "would salve consciences without saving lives." France is highly skeptical about the ability of air strikes to force the Serbs into concessions, Britain only slightly less so. While both want to stay in step with Washington, they remain adamantly opposed to the embargo exemption. Moscow, after considerable massaging, has not blocked...
...course, the administration was hoping against hope. The more likely result of the embargo's end would be the creation of (in the words of Douglas Hurd) a "level killing field" instead of an uneven...
...proposals to give Hong Kong people a greater voice in choosing their legislators contravene "secret" agreements with Britain on Hong Kong's political shape both before and after 1997. Patten retaliated by releasing the diplomatic traffic that China claimed proved its point. A letter from Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd did refer to an "agreement in principle" about electoral arrangements. But it also mentioned a number of "details" that had to be worked out. Because those negotiations failed, Britain says there was no such deal. Agreed the Hong Kong Standard in a front-page editorial: "There are very few people...
...Britain an impassioned parliamentary debate last week revealed the public's deep unease about the agreement in the wake of a devaluation of the pound that has shaken the government's economic policies. "Maastricht does not create a superstate," said Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. "But the feeling among Europe's people -- the real people -- is that it does...
Government faculty searches, which take place annually, focus on covering areas of study, rather than on filling the openings left by departing professors, Hurd said...