Word: lampton
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...Bush's prior tacit support, analysts argue, has encouraged Chen to push the envelope on the island's status?and galvanize nationalist sentiment?in the lead-up to the presidential election next year. David Lampton, professor of China studies at Johns Hopkins University, told the Associated Press that Bush felt it was time to make clear to Chen that he "did not have a blank check to be filled out in American blood...