Word: mid-march
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...that those jailed were "sentenced criminals." Gracefully gliding past Qian's semantics, Albright noted that there is "still time" before the U.S. goes a step further and backs a European-sponsored resolution condemning China's human rights record. The U.S. has also opted to wait until bilateral talks in mid-March before sounding China on allegations that it is violating pledges to slash exports of missile technology and chemical weapons components. Also put off: the booming U.S.-China trade deficit, which clocked in at $39 billion...
...back into the thick of things much faster than expected. Presidential elections were scheduled for the summer of 1996, and Yeltsin's popularity was at rock bottom. Korzhakov and other intimates urged him to postpone the elections and declare a state of emergency. Yeltsin was tempted, but in mid-March consulted several political figures, including Chubais. His passionate arguments against that course swayed Yeltsin and led the President to put Chubais in charge of the campaign. At the time his acceptance seemed like political suicide, since Yeltsin appeared headed for defeat...
...water--"She believes in controlled aggression!" Not really. What she really believes in is greasy-spoon breakfasts. But in mid-December, not quite three months before the U.S. team-selection trials, she tore ligaments in her left foot in a jogging accident. For several weeks she couldn't kick and had to train with her arms alone. Pushing off from the end of the pool when starting and turning still hurt by the time of the trials in mid-March. "But it was O.K.," she says. "I could swim...
...colleague is General Valentin Varennikov, a former commander of Soviet ground troops who was acquitted of charges arising from his involvement with the putsch against Gorbachev in August 1991. Varennikov perhaps forgot how many audiences his party is now addressing and assured an assembly of retired military officers in mid-March that they should not be misled by the moderate propaganda they have been hearing from communist leaders. "You have read only our minimum program," said Varennikov, his dress uniform glittering with medals. "But there is also a maximum program that has never been published. Let's take power first...
...several cities. This week a third round of tests will begin in about 400 homes where encoded programming will allow parents to selectively block out material rated on a scale of 0 to 5 for offensiveness. So far the V chip has sparked few objections in Canada. By mid-March the government is expected to decide whether or not to enact...