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...years since the dolphin decision, the major environmental organizations have girded themselves for a showdown with free traders. Today most groups employ staff who work on nothing else. Last fall environmentalists banded together in opposition to President Clinton's request for renewal of fast-track trading authority. The Sierra Club took out radio ads, and the head of the National Wildlife Federation testified against it before Congress three times. They...
...cost of being labeled a traitor (by extremists on the right) and an opportunist (by the dogmatic left), he was ready to go a long way to accommodate the Arabs. Yet he was one of the first to foresee that in order for the Jews to avoid a showdown with the Arabs or to survive such a showdown, they must set up a shadow state and a shadow military force...
Last fall's showdown for the council presidency, in which Beth A. Stewart '00 defeated more liberal challengers Jobe G. Danganan '99 and Benjamin W. Hulse '99, marked an ideological shift for the council...
MOSCOW: Don?t believe the hype: President Boris Yeltsin and his Communist opposition may appear to be headed for a showdown over Yeltsin?s new prime minister, but they?re just going through the motions, says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. ?Nobody wants a confrontation because it?s not in anybody?s interest. If they can?t agree, Yeltsin will dissolve parliament and hold new elections. The Communists may not like Yeltsin?s choice for prime minister, but they like the idea of facing the voters even less,? says Quinn-Judge. So, after a ritual showdown, Yeltsin will...
...most of the national forests, which he says have led to widespread soil erosion and habitat degradation. The roads are viewed as lifelines by the logging industry. Thursday's interrogation will probably be harsh, but it's mostly for show. The House leadership is not likely to force a showdown over the forests...