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...something U.S. businesses say costs them hundreds of millions of dollars in fees annually. TIME Washington correspondent Adam Zagorin says "the U.S. move is a ratcheting up of American pressure -- in effect a continuation of the process -- rather than a major new crisis point." China won't feel the pinch for at least two to three weeks because the sanctions don't apply to "goods already in transit from China on the high seas," Zagorin says...
...perhaps only upper-crust eateries like 8 Holyoke (A Grille, wouldn't you know it) can pay the tab. The problem is that students can only afford to patronize places like 8 Holyoke once in a while, Even fast-food offered by Au Bon Pain puts a significant pinch on one's pocket money. We need inexpensive, high-quality food that can be prepared in a hurry--a commodity Elsie's had no trouble providing...
...pinch, whole cities can be demonized. Last spring Joseph Bales and Helene Lemay, a French-Canadian couple, found their 10-week-old daughter Muguet dead in her crib. Convinced that they might be accused of killing her, they disposed of the child's body in a wooded area 100 miles from home, then proceeded in their pickup truck to New York City, where they told police that their daughter had disappeared in Central Park. In the two-day search that followed, helicopters, bloodhounds and scuba divers scoured the park and its waterways until the couple broke down and confessed. They...
...Sunday: Series evened with a 1-0 squeaker, thanks to fine pitching by Hiromi Makihara. Tuesday: Giants win in freezing weather. Fans guzzle 3,000 bottles of hot sake to keep warm. Wednesday: A 12-inning thriller. Lions win 6-5. Series tied. Thursday: Grand- slam homer by Giants pinch hitter Koichi Ogata, left, helps clinch a 9-3 victory. Saturday: Giants win 3-1 and clinch the Series for the 18th time...
Yasser Arafat is in a tighter pinch. Hamas rejects any settlement with Israel, and is aiming its fire as much at the P.L.O. leader as Rabin. Arafat is increasingly caught between Israeli demands that he crack down on the militants and his constituents' aversion to an inter-Palestinian fight. Even the relative moderates within Hamas were alarmed for their own reasons. "Things are out of our hands," said a sheik from the West Bank. "Wild people are running the show...