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...Soviet experience, Beijing wants to avoid bankrupting itself in a futile arms race with America. As for Taiwan, though the U.S. is Taipei's principal guarantor, not even the Bush Administration is prepared to support independence. For the status quo to continue, Beijing has to engage Washington, not rebuff...
...setback comes from Jonathan Tisch, the New York City hotelier who has generously backed Gore causes since 1988, giving the Democratic Party $325,000 during Gore's 2000 presidential bid. Sources tell TIME that Tisch recently informed Gore he's uncommitted for 2004. That might not sound like a rebuff, but considering Tisch's previously unwavering support for Gore, Democratic insiders were stunned...
...recent investigation by the Chicago-based Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing found that nearly 75% of the city's landlords illegally refuse or rebuff apartment-seeking tenants who present housing vouchers. That makes it almost impossible to integrate poor families into economically diverse parts of the city. On the city's South Shore, which is undergoing an economic rebound, some neighborhoods are organizing against a possible influx of the poor, who they fear will lower property values. Nearly 80% of families relocated by the CHA in the past three years wound up in neighborhoods that are almost entirely black, with...
...series of economic and other agreements. Look closer, though, and you'll see saddle sores. Bush officials tell TIME that late last month Russia rejected a U.S.-proposed ceiling for strategic nuclear weapons, objecting that the proposed cap of about 2,000 warheads was still too high. The rebuff forced Under Secretary of State John Bolton to work through last week in Moscow to try to get the Russians back on board. Another rub: Bush officials tell TIME that Russian planes bombed the Republic of Georgia earlier this month as part of Moscow's offensive against Chechen rebels given safe...
...privately, Pusey’s patient dedication to “independence of thought and judgment” would ultimately lead him to rebuff McCarthy’s inquiries for the duration of the Red Scare...