Word: things
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...applied capriciously. This is particularly vexing to foreign investors who, after being ardently wooed by the Chinese, arrive to discover intransigent bureaucrats and a host of previously undisclosed rules governing everything from wages to repatriation of profits. As once hidden regulations come to light, such snags should become a thing of the past, though the transition to openness may take some time. After all, says Gelatt, "freedom of information is not a hallmark of Chinese society...
Bush has never been one for "the vision thing," and incoming Secretary of State James Baker has not yet shown that he can be a conceptualizer of strategic goals. But Gorbachev's initiatives create a grand opportunity for the new team: to redefine America's role in the world with a boldness that could quickly bring Bush out of the shadows of both Gorbachev and Reagan...
...This can be the most significant thing that's happened to Western security in NATO history," declared retired General Andrew Goodpaster, a former supreme commander of NATO. Echoed David Abshire, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Alliance: "It's a bold, masterful move, among the most consequential in NATO's 40-year history." As NATO's foreign ministers convened in Brussels, the Secretary-General of the West's 16-nation military pact was far more subdued but still upbeat. "It's an encouraging development which we welcome," said West Germany's Manfred Worner...
What one aide, echoing the President-elect's characteristic phrase, calls the "balance thing" has bedeviled Bush for a fortnight. Last week he addressed it by including two men with no previous Cabinet experience and a woman among five appointments...
...loss meant one thing for the Gophers: They would no longer be the number-two ranked team in the nation. In stepped Harvard to claim that honor in this week's USA Coaches' Poll...