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Washington hopes to keep the copyright dispute contained, but the opening salvo two weeks ago sounded serious. Because Beijing refused to crack down on pirate manufacturers, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on $1 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...
...phones and faxes are buzzing around the cultural corridors of the Northeast. The bills mount as egos read to patient friends the latest draft of angry letters to the editor. Opposing sides, each consisting of trusty comrades, have lined up and fired. The salvo: You're wrong-and not only that, you're morally wrong...
Instead White House aides glimpsed an opportunity. Helms' blast -- the second reckless salvo from the archconservative Republican in four days -- offered Clinton a chance to point out how extremist Republicans can be. His public reaction was carefully studied: calling Helms' comments "unwise and inappropriate," the President suggested that Republicans might want to examine whether Helms was fit to serve as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "That's a decision for them to make," said Clinton...
...seen Brown on TV. Asked by the judge what he heard her say, the man blurted out: "She said he did it." (He was dismissed.) But prosecutor Marcia Clark said Brown's statements were a repercussion of the defense's own media manipulation. "Don't make the first salvo," she snapped. Fred Goldman, father of Ronald Goldman, the second victim in the double murder, told ABC's "Good Morning America" this week that "it's difficult to imagine" that anyone other than O.J. Simpson committed the crimes. Meanwhile, Judge Lance Ito, defense lawyers and prosecutors toured the jail housing...
Oliver North was set to appear in a Halloween parade with some local police in Vienna, Virginia, last week when he got word that followers of Lyndon LaRouche, dean of the American political fringe and Virginia resident, might ambush him along the way with a salvo of rotten fruit. "What do we do?" North asked an adviser, Mark Goodin. "Be sure and duck," Goodin replied...