Word: lifting
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...campaign spear-headed by France and Germany to lift the European Union's ban on selling arms to China foundered at the E.U. summit last week. Anger at Beijing's human-rights abuses; the new Chinese "antisecession" law authorizing war if Taiwan edges towards independence, which drew hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of Taipei late last week; and intense pressure from Washington-which fears it might one day be on the receiving end of high-tech weapons in the Taiwan Strait-led several E.U. members to sidle away from a deal to lift the embargo by June...
...campaign spear-headed by France and Germany to lift the European Union's ban on selling arms to China foundered at the E.U. summit last week. Anger at Beijing's human-rights abuses; the new Chinese "antisecession" law authorizing war if Taiwan edges towards independence, which drew hundreds of thousands of protesters onto the streets of Taipei late last week; and intense pressure from Washington - which fears it might one day be on the receiving end of high-tech weapons in the Taiwan Strait - led several E.U. members to sidle away from a deal to lift the embargo by June...
...worshippers face Mecca. "Allahu akbar." Hands lift heavenward. "God is great." They bow as a voice leads them through the litany. "Alhamdulillah." From the familiar words to the leader's call and the 100-strong congregation's murmured response, the prayers sound much as they always do. "Praise be to God." Except that the voice leading them is a woman...
...INDICATORS Negative Energy OPEC agreed to lift its official production ceiling by almost 2%, pledging a similar lift before June if oil prices remain high. But with the cartel's members already exceeding the limit, oil prices continued to rise, reaching $57 a bbl in New York for the first time...
...plans for spring break…each day I’ll lift from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and then read while I’m doing cardio. The book I want to read is [John Powell’s] Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?; we had to read part of it in high school…it’s about why people think they need to compensate for their personality...