Word: resorts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While supporters of this position often resort to hyperbole and jingoistic rhetoric, their case has an element of truth. The U.S. cannot always stick to the rules of free trade when other nations do not. At times, it may be advisable to impose temporary protectionist measures as a bargaining chip...
...Travel section, contributor Pico Iyer takes you to Thailand, the "Land of Smiles" as well as this year's hottest new tourist destination. Iyer spent several weeks exploring the Asian jewel, from the cool allure of the hill town of Chiangmai to the seaside resort of Pattaya to the thriving capital of Bangkok...
...years, Israel and Egypt have wrangled over ownership of a mere 250 acres of beachfront on the Gulf of Aqaba. To Egypt, Taba was an integral part of the Sinai, retrieved in 1982 under the terms of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. To Israel, it was a popular resort that draws tens of thousands of vacationers a year. Last week an international arbitration panel effectively awarded sovereignty to Egypt...
That is no guarantee, however, that the exasperating dispute is finally over. Israel now says negotiations are needed to decide who owns the resort's lucrative hotel. The conservative Likud is also using the dispute to bash its ) Labor rivals in Israel's election campaign. Although both parties had agreed to arbitration, Likud politicos are angrily demanding, "Who lost Taba...
...stress this altered liberal outlook, Dukakis talks about more strictly enforcing income tax collection and raising taxes only as a last resort. He emphasizes turning welfare programs into workfare programs. (In Massachusetts he has instituted the Employment and Training Choices Program, which encourages people to work instead of sitting at home and accepting government handouts...