Word: levins
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...Clinton administration repeatedly failed to win fast-track authority - the ability to pass trade bills without worrying about legislative amendments - from a U.S. Congress skeptical of the White House commitment to protecting American jobs. Labor and environmental standards are "directly relevant to the structure of international competition," argues Sander Levin, the ranking Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives trade subcommittee. "There are 130 free-trade agreements around the world, and the U.S. is part of just two," ripostes Zoellick, who adds that pursuing such regional trade agreements as the FTAA could kick-start stalled negotiations for a new global...
...Monday's reception, Yale President Richard C. Levin welcomed Kramer's gift, saying his writings will join those of Gertrude Stein and others in the university's collection...
...style was a wonderful collision of opposites: preppy pigtail and glasses with pistol-packing twin thigh holsters. Male video gamers were hooked. And for the first time, so were their wives and girlfriends. "I think [Croft] is a new definition of celebrity," says Tomb Raider producer Lloyd Levin. "Christina and Britney have massive popularity, but they are vacuous, so absolutely vacuous. A lot of females love Lara. She's contradictory, very human and obsessed with death. She'd rather be in tombs than in the daylight. She's not contrived, she speaks her mind, she's honest. That...
...stuck to an aggressive regimen of kickboxing, canoeing, yoga and bed by 11 p.m. She affects a proper British accent for the film, something that may be a bit surprising to American theatergoers but that producers considered a necessity. "We're not trying to be Merchant-Ivory here," says Levin, "[but] Lara is as British as Bond, and the heritage is really important." In the film Jolie does nearly all her own stunts, which include bungee jumping, sword fighting, spear throwing, and even dogsledding in Iceland (which stood in for Siberia). "People say to me, You're a serious actress...
...stuck to an aggressive regimen of kickboxing, canoeing, yoga and bed by 11 p.m. She affects a proper British accent for the film, something that may be a bit surprising to American theatergoers but that producers considered a necessity. "We're not trying to be Merchant-Ivory here," says Levin, "[but] Lara is as British as Bond, and the heritage is really important." In the film Jolie does nearly all her own stunts, which include bungee jumping, sword fighting, spear throwing, and even dogsledding in Iceland (which stood in for Siberia). "People say to me, You're a serious actress...