Word: pacificism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Faced with the collapse of Atlantic fisheries and disturbing declines in the Pacific, the Clinton Administration said Friday it would impose strict regulations that could close many areas to fishing and significantly alter fishing practices in U.S. territorial waters. The cost has been severe. The cod populations of...
It was completely insensitive of you to say President Clinton looked "goofy" wearing various outfits on his visit to the Pacific Rim [NOTEBOOK, Dec. 9]. You showed him wearing the barong tagalog, which is the traditional formal wear of Filipinos. As a Filipino American, I am proud whenever I wear...
In Hong Kong, where business holds the real power, Tung, 59, has the proper pedigree. C.H., as he is widely known, is the scion of a major Asian shipping dynasty, and was educated at Britain's University of Liverpool and schooled in business on the job in the U.S. He...
Both Harvard and the city of Boston have great respect across the Pacific. The Boston Marathon was the first major international athletic event to allow Japanese people to participate after World War II, and Harvard is seen as the top American university.
The election over, President Clinton is once again free to look goofy--at least when visiting the Pacific Rim. From left: going native in Australia; wearing a Philippine barong tagalog, a gift from President Fidel Ramos; sporting Thai academic garb during a ceremony at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University; and back...