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...general language of the OECD communique glossed over a spate of specific conflicts among nations. Though the delegates renounced protectionism, their governments have been quicker to build trade barriers than to tear them down. The U.S. slapped a heavy tariff on Japanese motorcycles last month, and Western Europe pressured the Japanese to limit exports of light trucks, machine tools and television tubes. American officials have made no progress in persuading the European nations to reduce the subsidies that help boost their agricultural exports...
While pointing to recently increased temporary shelter and quicker emergency assistance as short-term accomplishments, Dukakis emphasized the need for long-term policy responses as well. "We have laid a significant foundation on which continuing initiatives can be built and refined," he said...
...utilized good strategy on the 2000-meter course, getting off the lane quickly and then rowing at a quicker cadence (371/2 stokes per minute) then the Harvard boat. While tiring in the final stage of the race MIT was aided by a strong tailwind and managed to hang...
...Hart to hang on it half a dozen of their most charming songs. There's a Small Hotel is the best known, but there are also the bittersweet Glad to Be Unhappy, the witty Too Good for the Average Man, the wise and worldly The Heart Is Quicker Than the Eye and the bluesy Quiet Night...
...much that they angrily turn the page. He is a master of both puckish wit and ear-splitting indignation, yet on matters of moral consequence he can write with majestically measured restraint. He boasts of having taken the scalps of Cabinet members, congressional leaders and diplomats, yet he is quicker to offer a correction, or to let a target answer back, than almost any other eminent columnist...