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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...trade round. This time, tough visa rules and tight security kept demonstrators away, and Sept. 11 appeared to encourage delegates to look beyond their own narrow horizons. So a deal was struck. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said the wto sent a powerful signal. "We have removed the stain of Seattle," he said. "We are helping to deliver growth, development and prosperity throughout the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doing a Deal in Doha | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...Noah. Arabs as well as Jews are supposedly descendants of this figure. There is a difference, though, between the etymology and the definition of a word, and this is a distinction that Rabbo pretended not to recognize. He used this verbal slight of hand to avoid addressing the shameful stain of Palestinian anti-Semitism...

Author: By Jonathan M. Gribetz, | Title: Anti-Semitism Among Semites | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...watermelon and corn season, / The earth is a paradise”: just the set-up one might expect from a summer poem. However, further on we read: “It’s all there, the bell peppers, the radishes, / Local blueberries and blackberries / That will stain our lips and tongues / As if we were freezing to death in the snow.” Though they may seem out of place, the image of our purple-stained lips is too hauntingly accurate to dismiss. So we are forced to find a way of seeing summer berries that...

Author: By Jascha Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Making the Odd From the Ordinary | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

...began to work only part time, teaching legal philosophy. She pored over her collection of old-time housework manuals and consulted innumerable experts, from fire fighters to microbiologists. Eight years later, she had more than 800 pages that are the final word on how to get out any stain, how to sweep a floor (to the center) and how to remove candle wax (apply ice until the wax crumbles). After reading her book, you will throw out your old sponges, always have white vinegar handy and become slightly paranoid about mold and dust mites. Her reigning philosophy is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Home Economist: Clean Queen | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...Court of First Instance in Luxembourg. That won't save the Honeywell deal--such a case might not be settled for two years. But it would give GE a chance to disprove the allegation that it had a "dominant position" that it was likely to abuse. If that stain remains on the record, GE is going to find it hard to make any significant acquisitions in Europe. Honeywell has a new CEO; when the deal went down, so did Bonsignore. His successor: Larry Bossidy, a longtime GE colleague (and golfing partner) of Welch's whose job, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Jack Fell Down | 7/16/2001 | See Source »

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