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...issues vexing transatlantic trade - ranging from genetically modified foods to European banana subsidies - at their meeting in Portugal on Wednesday, and President Clinton's offer to share U.S. missile defense technology did little to dilute European opposition to Washington's plan to build even a limited defensive shield. "The Europeans are hurt and angry that they weren't consulted about the U.S. decision, particularly after Defense Secretary Cohen earlier this year warned that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty would be scrapped altogether if Russia refused to renegotiate it to allow Washington to proceed," says TIME Brussels bureau chief James...
...hand Clinton the International Charlemagne Prize for his contributions to world peace and European unity Friday, will complain that a "Star Wars"-type missile defense system could kick off a new multinational arms race and decouple America's and Europe's security interests by isolating the U.S. behind the shield of its dreams. Expect similar resistance at Clinton's weekend summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin: the pair may finalize a deal to each destroy 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium, but White House aides are setting expectations very, very low on the Star Wars discussions...
...SHIELD--A tissue heat-sealed to a plastic sheet covers the hand to prevent unseemly blow-throughs and germ exposure...
SUNLESS DRIVING SHIELD--No more unsightly trucker's arm with this stand-alone driver's sleeve...
...think leaving the Clinton Administration would shield you from such talk. But this kind of banter, even (especially!) when there's a sex angle, is by now routine on The View (ABC, weekdays, 11 a.m. E.T.). Now in its third year, this estrogenic round table and its five outspoken hosts have made the morning safe for spicy, topical dialogue and the occasional lap dance. In a traditionally abysmal time slot for ABC, the show has seen its ratings rise 50% from a weak start; it's been imitated by other talk shows; and it scored 12 nominations, the most...