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...Jacques Rogge, the new president of the International Olympic Committee. It was Rogge who pressed on Cinquanta the idea to award a second set of gold medals to Sale and Pelletier--a notion suggested to him by Richard Pound, a Canadian member of the I.O.C. Rogge's joint press conference with Cinquanta was a diplomatic measure, allowing Cinquanta to say that the second gold was his idea. "It was the most graceful way of handling it," says Pound...
...brewing trade war, POSCO's exports to the U.S. could shrivel. Yet in the twisted calculus of steel politics, the company lobbying hardest for tariffs, USX-U.S. Steel, also has a stake in cheap POSCO imports. USS-POSCO, a California-based joint venture between the firms, buys most of the Korean steelmaker's hot-rolled coil imports, which the venture uses to make other products sold in the U.S. A spokesman for U.S. Steel wouldn't comment on the joint venture's viability should tariffs be imposed. But, says POSCO's Lee Chun Hwan, "[The venture] might...
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant is a homey little joint with red vinyl booths and murals of Mayan ruins. Papa Thomas Bermejo greets customers, while daughter Candy punches the cash register and son Julio presides behind the bar. The roar of ice crushers blends with mariachi brass. The waitress, in a worn T shirt, scuttles about at 78 R.P.M., hoisting platters of sizzling enchiladas...
Favorite store in the Square: I was a big fan of that old burger joint that shut down [the Tasty]. I don’t like all the new commercial stores. I liked it when the Square was more old and flavorful. Abercrombie & Fitch doesn?...
...Jiang, for example, couldn't have been happy that Bush again showed a willingness to sell robust weapons systems to Taiwan. And Bush probably wasn't pleased when Jiang implied he would not support U.S. military action against Iraq. Still, the very fact that Bush was holding this joint press conference in China shows the relationship between the two men is more able than ever to accommodate differences...