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Though immediate action towards Taiwanese independence seems unlikely, the mere prospect of such an occurrence is anathema for the mainland government. Ostensibly, Chinese communists appeal to a sense of nationalism as justification for these threats, which are becoming more or less a challenge to their brethren on Taiwan to surrender or be destroyed. Among the warnings was a statement of conditions for which Taiwan can expect retaliation amounting to annihilation. This list includes proclamation of independence, foreign intervention and, more ominously, protracted delays in progress toward reunification with the mainland...
...recent years, first-year despair over the prospect of Quad life has become an annual ritual...
...prospect of a federal boycott, even if informal, would ratchet up pressure on the state - already being shunned by the American Bar Association, the NAACP and other groups - to pull down the slave-era relic...
...having any influence over events in Iran. By acknowledging the error of U.S. support for the shah, Albright is offering reassurance that Washington has mended its ways and wants a relationship on new terms, for which it will be easier for Khatami to win acceptance. As will the tantalizing prospect of recovering billions of dollars and doing business with the world's most powerful economy. After all, Iran's economic decline in the '90s had persuaded even many conservatives that it was time to start doing business again with the West. Even, perhaps, with an apologetic "Great Satan...
...their fortune changed. The band sided with Harvard finals over this great opportunity. While the guys might have envisioned themselves narrating stories of this offer to their great-grandchildren, Warren describes the situation a little differently: "It was never really a real prospect to me. We didn't even submit a demo." Okay...but, the Viper Room? That's still a score, and in anybody's book, the "remote possibility" is as good as done...