Word: tokening
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...Token Force. The attack on the Coral Sea brought into the open what up to now has only been whispered: that crude oil fed into the Trans-Israel Pipeline at Eilat-some 20 million tons is anticipated this year-comes not only from Iran but from Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states on the Persian Gulf as well. Arab oil is not carried by Israeli-flag ships, of course, but by vessels that are registered in third countries, like the Liberian-flag Coral Sea. Sailing orders are often doctored so that there is no record of some ships...
...Token Cremation. The polluted drinking water, the lack of sanitation and the officials' inability to inoculate the millions of refugees have contributed to the spread of cholera, particularly in West Bengal. A bacterial disease common to India and Pakistan, cholera causes severe vomiting and diarrhea, which bring dehydration and death. Those afflicted can usually be saved by replenishing the bodily fluids through intravenous injections or drinking large doses of a solution of salts, baking soda and glucose. But the flood of refugees is just too great to be handled by beleaguered medical teams...
...border war illustrates another important Chinese characteristic: a deep psychological commitment to righting what Peking considers historical wrongs. The Sino-Soviet split developed partly because Moscow would not concede that borders had been forced on a weak, pre-Mao China in "unequal treaties." By the same token, Peking is unlikely to welcome a real rapprochement with the U.S. until its claim to Taiwan is settled. The Chinese obviously regard that as a far more vital and volatile issue than the Indian borders ever were...
...Harvard Law Professor Jerome Cohen puts it, "every lawyer knows that the name of the game is what label you succeed in imposing on the facts." Obviously, the Communist government in Peking rules China, and nonrecognition of that fact today is a legal shell game. By the same token, the Nationalists in Taipei rule Taiwan. But the question of the island's sovereignty is not so easily settled...
...President Pusey solicited the committee's aid in determining Law students' views on finding a replacement for President-designate Bok as dean of the School. Even though student response to the Governance Committee's efforts to carry out Pusey's mandate was one of wariness-a wariness justified by token samplings of student views in the past-a mechanism was established to channel student opinion to the Administration...