Word: may
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...comment may have been the obvious palliative to throw out to the legions of labor activists - core Democratic party voters - in Seattle to protest, but it got U.S. trade negotiators in a panic. And with good reason. Within hours of the paper hitting the streets, delegations representing developing countries had dug in their heels, convinced that the world's most powerful trading nation planned to deny many of them their only competitive advantage - cheap labor. They vowed to block any progress on further trade liberalization, and claimed victory when the conference ended in failure late Friday. "Protesters weren...
...What the demonstrations did make clear was the extent to which President Clinton's own hands are tied domestically. Following on the heels of the nuclear test ban treaty debacle, the WTO failure may usher in an open season on the lame duck President's foreign policy. Clinton's defeat in Seattle will certainly embolden those congressional forces that had vowed to turn down the President's deal with China over WTO membership, putting at least a question mark over its passage in an election year. But what's bad for Bill Clinton may not be altogether...
...while all of the issues raised, and left unresolved, by Seattle suggest that future trade talks are likely to be a volatile political battlefield, backing away from forcing through a deal in the short run may be something of a political investment for Washington and its G7 allies...
...thought it may be a bit early to think about the post-season, if the Crimson can continue to post big wins like it did last Saturday, home ice will be inevitable...
...House Co-Masters Naddaff and Leigh G. Haffrey '73 circulated an e-mail on Thursday to all residents of Mather House condemning the incident and urging all students to report any information that they may have...