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...This is not a quid pro quo discussion. I'm not putting anything on the table," he said. "I feel like the center of this discussion is not about what we do for Harvard--it's about taking a fair stance. We're not going to back away from this...
...While passage in the Senate appears relatively safe - even if the quid pro quo may turn out to be legislation to boost Taiwan's defenses - only 50 or 60 House Democrats are currently on board. In a speech at Johns Hopkins University Wednesday, President Clinton appealed to Democratic skeptics by painting WTO membership as a kind of liberalizing crowbar that would force open China's closed society. But the fact that Beijing's human rights record actually deteriorated over the six years since the President unlinked trade issues from human rights may reinforce skepticism. In the end, though, China...
...century antiques; they also got Rene, the owner, a charming and sociable French engineer, who met them for drinks at John F. Kennedy Airport. They have kept in touch since, through notes and Christmas cards, visits to each other and at least seven stays at Rene's, including three quid pro quo exchanges. Sometimes Jerry and Mary have used Rene's condo in the French Alps, or one--or both of them--has stayed at Rene's Paris apartment when he was away from home. This March, nearly 20 years after their first swap, the couple plans to spend...
...will anticipate that the RCAA will support the new Institute," she said. "There has to be some quid...
Russia?s hemorrhaging economy has long since lost its appeal to foreign investors, but the country?s geopolitical role makes abandoning it entirely a risky prospect for Western governments. "Russia will go to the G8 summit this weekend expecting a quid pro quo for getting the West out of a messy situation in Kosovo by brokering a peace deal," says Meier. "Whether or not the IMF and other Western institutions come through with money for Russia depends a lot less on the outcome of a Duma vote on economic reform than on the outcome of the Kosovo conflict." In other...