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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...semantics of Arab-Israeli diplomacy, where "evenhanded" and "honest broker" have often meant quite the opposite, last week's curtain- raising U.S. initiative promised an overdue turn to reality. Secretary of State James Baker, in presenting the Bush Administration's first blueprint for the peace process, did not announce a shift in American policy. But he did offer no-frills clarity and a finely balanced call for concessions from both sides. In a sharp and wise departure from Reagan-era practice, his speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, the most influential pro-Israel lobby, eliminated...
...consumers, has boosted the tide of imports to the U.S. The Japanese also complain that the U.S. has leadership problems of its own. Washington has been sending out conflicting signals because trade policy is shaped and shared by several Government departments -- including State, Defense and Commerce -- that are often at odds. The dispute about whether to scrap the agreement for joint U.S.-Japan production of the FSX jet fighter, in which the Defense and Commerce departments were squaring off before President Bush decided to go through with the deal, annoyed the Japanese because their trustworthiness was so openly debated...
...tenor of Japan-bashing is often xenophobic, and can border on the racist. Two years ago, when Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye, who is of Japanese descent, chaired the Senate Select Committee in the Iran-contra hearings, Congress was bombarded with hate letters, telegrams and phone calls that assailed him as "that yellow bastard." Says Japanese-born Aki Yoshikawa, research director of the University of California's Berkeley Roundtable on International Economics: "There's definitely an element of racism among many people who criticize Japan. Something about Japan is alien to them...
Many people fear gang rapes or being the random target of a sociopath. In fact, say many experts, the offending youth most often acts alone, is a respectable member of the community and knows the victim. So-called date rape is one of the most common adolescent sexual crimes...
...most promising medical application, doctors are beginning to time medication to match biological cycles. Some experts believe the effectiveness + of cancer treatments can be boosted -- and the harmful complications of the often toxic drugs lessened -- by taking advantage of daily rhythms in the immune system and cell division. Painful bouts of rheumatoid arthritis occur most frequently in the morning, when natural anti-inflammatory agents are least active; aspirin affords the best relief when taken the night before. On the other hand, the time to take medication for osteoid arthritis is midday; joints become inflamed with movement, and pain occurs later...