Word: jolts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first exchanged ambassadors. Relations never fully recovered from the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, and have been battered by tussles over human rights, weapons sales, nuclear proliferation, Tibet, copyright violations and China's failed bid to join the World Trade Organization, which the U.S. opposed. On May 22 came a seismic jolt: the Clinton Administration gave permission to Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui to visit his American alma mater, Cornell University. China was stunned. The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country, and the Chinese perceived the O.K. for Lee's visit as a step in that direction...
...crab might have accounted for one length,"White said. "But it was a catalyst. It was a sparkthat started our push. We kept moving throughoutthe body of the race, but the crab started it. Itwas the jolt...
...lied about this successfully to Joe. But I know it won't work with Mom and Dad. ``Let's put it this way,'' I say, ``not all panarchists are long- haired, Jolt-slurping maniacs. Some of them look like you -- exactly like you, as a matter of fact...
...shout. ``Who the hell are you?'' It lifts the pink cylinder to its lips and drinks. It's a can of Jolt. ``Where'd you get that number?'' I demand. ``It's supposed to be a secret...
...sloth takes another slug of Jolt, stifles a belch and says, ``I am Codex, the Crypto-Anarchist Sloth...