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...could be an "international subject" on its own while remaining part of a loose confederation with the Czech republic. To Klaus that sounded like neither fish nor fowl. With the strong federation he sought out of reach, he pushed for a clean split -- even as Meciar suggested that the pact "still does not mean the end of the common state...
Representatives of management and the 3500 member Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers have been unable to agree on a new pact despite intense negotiations to forge a new agreement before the current contract expires on June...
...most distressing news for fans is that club owners and the Players Association are once again preparing to do battle over their collective- bargaining agreement. Although the pact is scheduled to expire at the end of next year, financially strapped owners want to reopen the contract after this season. The clubs are demanding relief from escalating player salaries, but the players seek to maintain the contract that has created scores of millionaire athletes over the past decade. As a result, the uneasy truce worked out after the 1990 owners' lockout is in danger of being discarded. "The golden days...
...midpoint a week ago, the giant Earth Summit in Rio seemed to be on the verge of completely disintegrating. Angered by Washington's refusal to sign the "biodiversity" treaty to protect the world's plants and animals, several poorer nations considered withdrawing their support for the pact and even spoke of reviewing their position on the agreement to combat global warming. At summit headquarters trivialities and private agendas derailed serious debate over the plan of action called Agenda 21. Arab delegates pushed for oblique references to emotional and irrelevant issues like the plight of Israel's occupied territories, while...
Bush refused to join other industrialized nations in a biodiversity pact to protect plant and animal life from possible extinction. He argued that the treaty failed to protect intellectual property rights in biotechnology and imposed unnecessary obstacles for researchers. "America's record on environmental protection is second to none," said Bush. "So I did not come here to apologize." (See related story on page...