Word: strikingly
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...Tiananmen Square, which the government called "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." Chen, who needs an operation to cure his condition was freed on medical leave, which makes it twice the Chinese authorities have released him for this reason. In 1995, out on medical parole, Chen organized a one day hunger strike to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, and was rearrested. If he was healthy enough to fast, the police reasoned, he was healthy enough to serve out his jail term. Last year, President Clinton mentioned U.S. concern with Chen's case at a meeting with Chinese President Jiang Zemin...
...during a stirring World Series between the game's two highest-profile teams, capping a season of records and emotional stories, player's union head Donald Fehr and management negotiator Randy Levine shook hands on a deal that was to resolve the issues that caused the 1994 strike and set the league on a smooth course into the next century. The trouble was past, and even the bitterest fans could look forward to next season without trepidation. Apparently, no one told the owners. Owners of the Chicago White Sox and Cubs, Florida, Kansas City and Montreal are known to oppose...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We come up with gimmicks like 'three strikes and you're out.' What's wrong with the first strike?...Why not put them away the first time...
...African American, this former heartland Republican district has changed dramatically over the years. Naughton, however, who calls himself a Reagan Democrat, believes that fighting for tax relief, opposing abortion and giving parents a chance to send their children to private school will strike an appealing chord with the predominantly working-class people of the First...
...Fourth, where workers are still suffering from the crumbling of heavy industry in the '80s, Klink, a former news anchor, is a staunch supporter of labor--which made him an equally die-hard opponent of NAFTA--and a proponent of legislation prohibiting employers from permanently replacing workers who strike because of wages, benefits or working conditions. So far, his blue-collar constituents have returned the favors...