Word: standoff
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...media the handover was a done deal. Still, the very fact that the most important Cuban exile organization, which played a leading role from the outset in the campaign to keep Elian here, is now involved in brokering an agreement to reunite the boy with his father suggests the standoff is very near...
...Still I Rise" poet Angelou 5. The standoff here was re-enacted 9. ERA supporters 12. Microsoft's French spelling recommended replacing "anti-stress" with "anti-__" 13. Touched down 14. It's phasing out MTBE as a gas additive 15. They're fighting to oust the Israelis 17. Part of B & B 18. Feedbag morsel 19. Whittle away 21. __ & Wesson has agreed to make products childproof 24. Sponge feature 26. Basra is Iraq's primary one 27. Indy 500 sponsor 28. It's ceasing monthly publication 32. Mauna __ 33. __ Teng-hui is stepping down as Nationalist party chairman 34. Aging...
...Thursday, and with him, the moment of truth in the tortured saga of his son. Unless Gonzalez surprises everybody by simply walking away from his Cuban minders and into the arms of his anti-Castro uncles down in Miami, his presence forces the U.S. government to resolve the standoff. The INS had announced on Monday that it would begin the process of transferring custody of Elian upon his father's arrival, and Gonzalez is unlikely to have traveled without the assurance of custody he - and Castro - demanded as a precondition...
...unhappiness in Washington over Islamabad's efforts in the fight against terrorism, the President elected to go in the belief that a personal relationship with General Musharraf could be critical to resolving future crises in an unstable region - as his personal relationship with Nawaz had helped end the Kargil standoff. The fact that President Clinton's old friend Nawaz is now saying General Musharraf launched his coup in retaliation for the Pakistani premier's doing Washington's bidding - and the assassination of his lawyer in mid-argument - may slow the chemistry between the U.S. president and the Pakistani strongman...
...rules Taiwan; the nationalist government in Taipei has long contented itself with the fiction that "One China" means it is the legitimate government of all of China. Beijing may issue threats and even move troops around, but it can't afford to risk the humiliation of losing a military standoff - and it's far from a foregone conclusion that China's military has the capacity to overrun or even intimidate Taiwan, particularly if the threat of imminent force compels the U.S. to signal support for Taipei. And despite its nationalist pride, Beijing well knows the potentially catastrophic economic consequences...