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...Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been vigorously urging his party's ruling council to vote in favor of returning to governmental power-sharing with Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (I.R.A.). Such a vote would be a notable landmark in what has been a long and arduous peace process...
...also a shoddy social scientist whose landmark work is "an extravagant piece of speculation" based on elusive empirical evidence, according to the Atlantic Monthly's May cover story...
...Institute that will carry on the Radcliffe tradition. More recently, Rudenstine's considerable efforts in the selection of the Institute's dean, Drew Gilpin Faust, demonstrates his commitment to the Institute's mission for the advancement of women. The Department of African-American Studies represents another of Rudenstine's landmark accomplishments. Rudenstine's personal efforts to recruit the leading scholars in the field were integral to the building of what has become the pre-eminent Afro-American Studies Department in the nation...
...Bill have a historic battle on their hands, one neither of them can win alone. They are working together because both men want Congress to pass a landmark bill next week that will guarantee China permanent normal trade relations. Both men view permanent trade status as a crucial element in U.S. global economic and security interests. Most members of the Senate concur. The problem is that both parties in the 435-seat House of Representatives are deeply divided over China. Republicans are suspicious of Beijing, which many see as the ultimate threat to U.S. national security. Democrats, influenced...
...case, next week's vote has staggering implications. Last November, after 13 years of negotiations, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky and her Chinese counterpart, Shi Guangsheng, signed a landmark agreement that paves the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization. China agreed to open its markets to a vast basket of U.S. goods and services, dramatically lowering tariffs on almost everything. In return, the U.S. agreed to grant China the same permanent normal trade status every other major economic power enjoys. If Congress does not approve the China trade bill, the U.S. will be the only major...