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...some items, including gloves and negligees, were lifted by the U.S. By 2003, Chinese exports of those goods leaped nearly 200% from their 2001 levels, while Sri Lanka's exports dropped more than 50% and Bangladesh's fell 46%. If history repeats itself, millions of people could be thrown out of work in some of the world's poorest and most politically volatile countries?and in the richest as well. On Oct. 12, a coalition of U.S. textile manufacturers and labor groups, claiming that thousands of American jobs might be lost after quotas are lifted, petitioned Washington to impose trade...
...Parliament will have set an important precedent," denting the President's authority, says Alasdair Murray of the London-based Centre for European Reform. But tossing out the entire Commission could backfire, too. Murray believes Parliament would have to prove that the group was so bad it should be thrown out before it's done anything. "I'm not sure they can do that," he says. "Both sides could end up playing a game of brinkmanship that doesn't serve the E.U.'s interests...
...pick up 3.8 yards per attempt. Cornell should be able to load up the box and hold Hartigan under his averages in both yards per game and yards per carry. This means the Bears will be forced to take to the air, relying on quarterback Joe DiGiacomo, who has thrown seven picks and zero touchdowns in his last three games...
...scary atmosphere that you are thrown into from the start. Near the beginning [Professor] Harry Hansen gave a speech where he said we’re going to give you more work than you can possibly do, because that’s what the world is like, and he was right,” says Tom Harlow...
...Keesing as well as for most of Bush’s fellow students in Section C, the Bush presidency has thrown a film over memories of Bush as a younger...