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...other so-called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is causing temperatures to climb, threatening crops and coastal areas that could be drowned under rising oceans if the polar ice caps melt. Though both sides could find some support for their positions in the study, its findings and recommendations could prod the go-slow faction in the White House...
...from Iraqi wells, and American corporations were eager to help rebuild Iraq's shattered infrastructure. The Bush Administration decided to edge still closer to Iraq and to deal with the issue of Saddam's egregious human-rights record by using private pressure and the benefits of trade to gently prod him along a more responsible path...
...housewares chain has found a novel way to prod consumers to snap up East German-produced King Wenceslas tree ornaments: "The democratization of Eastern Europe will almost certainly drive the cost of these ornaments beyond what we believe they should cost...
P.L.O. The failure of the U.S. and Egypt to prod Israel toward a resolution of the almost three-year-old uprising in the occupied territories has pushed the Palestine Liberation Organization tighter into Iraq's embrace. Frustrated Palestinians regard Saddam as the one man willing to do more than mouth empty words for their cause; many have come to regard him as a potential savior. Chairman Yasser Arafat may feel he has little choice but to back Saddam. Still, Arafat will have a tough time explaining his rejection of last week's pan-Arab resolution to his benefactors...
Among Bush's closest advisers, one faction, led by Secretary of State James Baker and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, may prod Bush to choose a moderate conservative to avoid the type of Senate fight that led to the rejection of Bork. They are expected to argue that since Bush may have a chance to fill more vacancies, there is no need to antagonize Congress in an election year...