Word: liaisoning
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Although George Bush's personal ties with China date back to his years as head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing (1974-75), the President seemed as unsure of the situation as anyone. Bush met with an old tennis-playing crony from his Beijing days, Wan Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Afterward, Bush issued a cautious statement that appeared both to back the students, by saying that the U.S. encouraged the worldwide growth of democracy, and to encourage the government, by vowing that he was committed "to expanding normal and constructive relations...
...community is in a strong position of working with the University," said Clarissa C. Kripke '89-'91, a member of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association. "We have a liaison, [Assistant Dean for Coeducation] Janet Viggiani. We ought to use her as a strong voice within the administration...
...guys despite his fancy new digs on Pennsylvania Avenue. Bush intends to block ambitious Democratic schemes to mandate that business provide such universal benefits as health insurance, but he is prepared to negotiate with Congress on consensus issues like the environment. As Fred McClure, the White House legislative liaison, puts it, "Assuming we can get them on board, and it goes in the direction of where we want to go, there's no point in going through a lot of confrontation...
...There's a voice we don't hear in the dining halls, and that is the voice of the students." He says students should be included in worker-management meetings or at least have a liaison through whom to voice their concerns...
...once again embraced, and council members hoped to put the student government's imprimateur behind the fund--which has been run recently by an annually changing group of seniors. To that end, the council created an ad hoc committee on divestment and named an official liaison...