Word: ops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kowtow the U.S. did. The American negotiators obligingly traveled to Beijing, where Jiang kept his distance from the talks, sending in Premier Zhu Rongji to thrash out the details. Once the pact was signed, however, Jiang elbowed Zhu aside. "The photo op was Jiang's," says Charlene Barshefsky, the U.S. Trade Representative, who led the American team...
...products only from humanitarian organizations committed to improving the life of the artisans by ensuring a safe work environment and a living wage as well as a savings plan. That means $11 of the $46 you pay for a hand-blown Peruvian vase goes directly to the artisan co-op that made it--about twice what traditional retail outlets would...
What then are Pecker's plans for the Globe, given its reputation as the naughtiest and most ethically challenged of the big three tabloids? (It was the Globe that set up Frank Gifford's hotel tryst with a former airline attendant, prompting a censorious New York Times op-ed piece by Enquirer editor Steve Coz.) Pecker says the Globe will "absolutely not" pull such a stunt again. Still, he says, "we're going to cover the spice and the controversy of the story. It's going to really be, shall I say, the unvarnished story...
Sarah E.M. Wood's article on the less than stellar role the United States plays in international relations (Op-Ed, Oct. 26) illustrated the profound need for increased public understanding of world affairs. Unfortunately, Americans have a rather irritating habit of welcoming isolationism and ignoring problems on the global level because they are someone else's. Like it or not, the nations of the world are becoming more interdependent and isolationism is an even more dangerous policy than it was in years past. I sincerely hope that the United Nations Week here at Harvard will at least raise student consciousness...
...police arrived, they found Simpson alone and, according to their report, learned that he and Prody had been involved in a "verbal dispute." After issuing Simpson a brochure on domestic violence, as required by law in such situations, the policemen asked him to pose for a picture. The photo op was not viewed kindly at headquarters, and the two cops have been temporarily reassigned to desk duty. That should give them ample time to design what is certain to be two of the department's more noteworthy Christmas cards this year...