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...addition to consolidating resources, Carnesale is trying to strengthen the school's ties to the greater Harvard community. He is active in the University's academic planning process and is bolstering the Kennedy School's programs in education, economic policy-making and health policy-making, programs that Harvard's other schools are interested...
Franklin said that her appointment wouldhopefully strengthen the department's ties to itsyounger members...
Much of the debate has centered on technology, which both sides seem to agree is crucial. The Japanese have already made it a national goal to develop the next generation of environmentally friendly machines and industrial processes -- seeing this as a way that developed countries can strengthen their position in the world economy. The developing nations, still saddled with old, inefficient production techniques, insist that they will never be able to curb pollution without preferential access to new processes and equipment. Some experts fear that both sides have unrealistic expectations of technology, as if it were a magic carpet that...
...people who will gain jobs in computers and services because of GATT don't know who they are yet," says a congressional aide. "The people who will lose their jobs in textiles know damn well who they are." The Bush Administration welcomes the Uruguay Round precisely because it will strengthen Washington's hand in just saying no to inefficient firms looking for a bailout. "This is a form of deregulation at home," observes a senior official...
...policy is partly a refraction of concerns that they might only inflame or, worse, get bogged down in Yugoslavia's mess. Diplomatic isolation and economic sanctions against Serbia have not yet been pursued with any seriousness because no one knows if such hardball tactics will scare Milosevic -- or merely strengthen his territorial ambitions. At the moment, there is widespread agreement that recognition of the new Yugoslavia is undesirable until Serbia removes its army from Bosnia. It is a tactic that might have some effect: without recognition, Yugoslavia stands to lose its U.N. seat, as well as its membership...