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...flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled to muster the requisite two-thirds majority for fast-track passage. The move was resisted by lawmakers seeking to protect textile manufacturers in their home states, or seeking to punish Vietnam for its human rights record. For now, Vietnam finds itself in the unusual position of joining the world trading club but having none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vietnam Bush Will See | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...Investing in the future; a fair reward for effort; building up the nation; a cleaner environment; regional security; Australian values. Howard would feel comfortable with that list?sometimes the two leaders stand behind the same white picket fence. Of course, it's the actual policies that have to pass muster, first with the professional scrutinizers and then with voters. The tighter the fit between the oratory and what Beazley puts on the table, the better chance Labor will have of securing its base and winning new voters in marginal seats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beazley Declares It's Time | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

...find him. His mother Haseeba, 65, took charge of the situation, as befits a traditional Arab matriarch. Realizing that the search for Waddah would require manpower, she dispatched two of her sons to Fallujah and Ramadi to summon as many cousins and uncles as they could muster. Her oldest son Mohammed's job was to canvass the neighborhood to identify the "sheiks"--older men, heads of important families that had lived there a long time and could be tapped for local knowledge and advice. Their first piece of advice: Stay away from the local police. The police in the neighborhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Disappeared of Iraq | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...second consecutive Ivy Leave title. “They are historically a very strong team,” Shapiro said. “They go out hard and they execute.” After being out-shot in the first half 10-7, the Crimson could muster just five shots to Princeton’s eight in the second frame. “I think we had a great first half, maybe played a little defensively in the second half,” Brown said. “You can’t rest on one goal. You have...

Author: By Julia R. Senior, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: As Crimson Falls, Princeton Clinches | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...financial, biotech or telecom stocks either, stretching the notion of eco-friendly. Last year he made a killing off a telecom stock, Redback. "They're helping networks to move data faster, reducing the use of paper," he says. By that measure, though, almost any Internet firm would pass muster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Good, but Better | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

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