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That injunction had a painful ring for the Reagan Administration, which, despite growing criticism, has clung to its soft-spoken policy of "constructive engagement," an attempt to persuade rather than to pressure. In private, Administration officials expressed their disappointment with Botha's speech, though National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane called the Durban address an "important statement." The Administration was studying it carefully, he said, noting that several ideas in the speech "must be clarified." The same message came from Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker, who suggested that Botha's remarks were "written in a code language...
...Aquino, 52, widow of martyred Opposition Leader Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino, has long been considered the candidate most capable of uniting all elements of the splintered democratic resistance to Marcos. Until recently, she had insisted she would not run. In late October, however, the soft-spoken leader said she might step forward if her supporters collected 1 million signatures backing her candidacy. Now speculation is rife in Manila that the deeply religious Mrs. Aquino may be on the verge of opposing Marcos on the election ballot...
...experience. "I have looked for evidence of Mr. Wolfowitz having development goals - I have tried to find it in his speeches, and I haven't been able to," Sachs has said. But Wolfowitz is already winning over the skeptics. The former academic has always been known for his soft-spoken, professorial style; it's his policy prescriptions - such as calling for regime change in Iraq as far back as the early 1990s - that invite criticism. But by asking questions, first in the office corridors and staff cafeterias in Washington and now in the fields and palaces of Africa...
...Kellems, a senior adviser who has worked with Wolfowitz for the past four years, says: "What keeps me coming back for more is the unique opportunity for an individual to make a big difference to individuals around the world." Wolfowitz promises he will be "results-driven." He has already spoken out against agricultural subsidies in rich countries that inevitably hurt farmers in the developing world - subsidies that were raised by George W. Bush. He says that the development of Africa will be his top priority and believes that the continent "may be in a moment of real opportunity...
...most powerful men in the global economy. The U.S. ran a $162 billion trade deficit with China last year and, as Wal-Mart's top buyer in the country, he is a big part of the transmission belt linking China and the U.S. A gentle-spoken Filipino, Cui, 54, is managing director for Greater China and North Asia in Wal-Mart's global-procurement department. So, for factory owners across China, he is, simply put, the man to see. Every day on the fourth floor at company headquarters in Shenzhen, scores of Chinese factory salesmen come to vendor rooms with...