Word: prompts
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...Mbeki's position has been privately greeted as something of a disaster by Clinton administration officials, who will receive the South African president on a state visit next month. In their official comments they avoided criticism of Mbeki so as not to prompt a further backlash, but the controversy is almost certain to provoke protests from U.S. AIDS activists and cast a cloud over Washington's relationship with its favorite new-generation African leader...
...hair may prompt you to write her off as a gimmick. Pink? As it turns out, this 20-year-old's music is better than her name. Pink offers up a fresh take on the genre of blue-eyed soul: she sings Aaliyah-style, hip-hop-fueled R. and B., with confidence and cool. Her lyrics are full of attitude, but her smooth, seductive vocals go down easy. Pink's future looks golden. Let's hope she doesn't dye her hair yellow to match...
...Fear of the specter of inflation will likely prompt further interest rate hikes by the Fed - Baumohl expects rates to rise a half percent by the summer - but the economy may already have gotten Greenspan's message. "Remember, the latest numbers are already out of date," says Baumohl. "Many analysts believe the economy is already slowing to a growth rate closer to 3.5 percent as the effects of the rate hikes since last June are felt." But the new numbers highlight a growing debate among economists over whether the rules of the economy have changed. While the Fed remains wedded...
...while U.S. pressure will almost certainly prompt OPEC to at least partially back down, the price is unlikely to be pushed down to the depressed levels of the late '90s. "In the end," says Baumohl, "neither the U.S. nor its oil-producing allies want the price to fall too far. They'll probably look to find an optimal level, at which everybody wins." And that's a matter that will probably be settled nowhere near the free-trade mecca...
...will stand trail April 4, faces up to 18 months in jail if convicted, in addition to the record 23-game NHL suspension he is now serving. "We do allow a certain level of violence in sports," says Cohen. "But the fact that the courts have been involved could prompt the NHL to be clearer about what violence it does and does not accept...