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...Donorgate scandal, they may point to a White House coffee in December 1995 when would-be giver RUBEN VELEZ, apparently unaware of the law against contributing in the Executive Mansion, tried to hand over five checks. Velez, Puerto Rico's biggest builder, may have had more than protocol on his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DONORGATE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...would be beneficial for China to join the WTO, but China has not put forward a commercially acceptable protocol," he says. "Their offers to date have been inadequate...

Author: By Jie Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Labor Unions Question China Ties | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...itself, but it's soon apparent that this story boils down to the same standards of courtroom action that American audiences have come to know and love. There is a slightly cantankerous yet, in her own way, endearing judge. There are rampant objections and questions of protocol. There is a question of missing evidence which the defense claims is crucial. There is witty repartee and cunning logic. There is independent investigation along lines the prosecution hopes the defense doesn't pursue, which very nearly gets the defense in hot water, thank you very much. There is even a surprise witness...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Surprise, Kids! Injustice in China | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...very foreign feel to the proceedings. All of this makes it possible for select Chinese characters who speak English to be used strategically to provide welcome patches of unmitigated understanding. Indeed, many of the key courtroom speeches, ones which illuminate crucial logical points or make important statements of protocol, are spoken in English for the benefit of both Moore and the audience. These islands of comprehension do not seem out of place, but rather achieve an almost subliminal elevation of importance and lucidity in the mind of the audience...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Surprise, Kids! Injustice in China | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...signed the Montreal Protocol, which restricted the use of ozone-depleting freon and CDCs. The Protocol is the model for this year's conference in Kyoto, he added...

Author: By Caille M. Millner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fighting Global Warming Top Priority, Babbitt Says | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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