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...today's war against terror, the Bush Administration and trade promoters in Congress and business are battling to resist the historic pattern in which commercial shipping becomes target practice and borders become moats. Since Sept. 11, President Bush and his emissaries have emphasized that agreements to lower trade barriers can help attract and hold allies to the antiterror campaign by bringing needed jobs and income to impoverished regions. "The launch of a new global trade round is important for economic recovery in the short term and for economic growth over time," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick told TIME. "A signal...
...Brawerman and his team concentrate on cutting companies' website costs and putting data management back in the hands of the people who use it. Reef's software often pays for itself within a month or two, a deal many chief financial officers find hard to resist...
Julie Summers, a daughter of the uppity circles in South African society, does her best to separate her life from the materialistic world of her father. When Abdu, a “grease-monkey” (mechanic) from an unnamed third world country, appears in her life, she cannot resist the foreign uniqueness and social incorrectness that he represents. This strange man is her “pickup,” and she is excited that her father and his friends obviously disapprove...
...gloves and other means of protection against biological contamination. However, it is also wise not to redirect University mail elsewhere. Doing so would only encourage the hysteria that has already sprouted around mail services. Although caution certainly seems prudent during this current national crisis, Harvard has done well to resist the temptation to take this caution to extremes...
...infrastructure of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime, is still in its infancy. We know little about our nation’s military strategy. Some have suggested that these initial air strikes are designed to weaken the Taliban’s power bases and minimize its ability to resist, preparing the way for future ground efforts against the terrorists, who have almost certainly burrowed into protective positions in Afghanistan’s rugged terrain. But at this stage, we neither know the exact effect of our opening volley nor how long the fighting will last...