Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...High Art shares In the Company of Men's tendencies toward pretension and detachment, it also recalls its Sundance precursor for its literate dialogue, nuanced portrayals and admirable breadth of vision. Cholodenko would have done well to decide early on if her film was about three women artists or about Art as embodied in three women; her title implies a closer sympathy with the broader, less intimate project. all the same, Sheedy and Cholodenko especially more than prove their mettle, giving us hope that their talents and potential will come to fuller flower than the story suggests is possible. Like...
...independence from Belgrade. So air strikes are simply a short-term strategy to stop the Serb campaign against civilians. "There's no hope of any progress unless Milosevic makes some concessions, and so far he has given away nothing at all," says Calabresi. "He is pushing the situation toward violent confrontation." Perhaps the sight of Holbrooke will jog his memory...
...mainland's basic policy toward Taiwan remains the same even though its tactics may appear more nimble. We look forward to Beijing's extending its newfound pragmatism in economic areas into the area of Taiwan policy...
...close to major ports in Taiwan. Clinton replied by dispatching two U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups to the waters around Taiwan. Everyone learned a lesson from the scrape. Taipei and Washington found out that Beijing will respond militarily to what it thinks are President Lee Teng-hui's tendencies toward independence. China discovered that the U.S. would not let Taiwan be shoved around if it had done nothing wrong. Since then, Washington has indicated that it is not ready to help defend Taiwan if it opts for official independence but that it is likely to pitch in if China attacks...
...They will probably do so before the end of this year, but they have different agendas. Taiwan is ready for agreements on such issues as fisheries, illegal immigration and drug smuggling; Beijing is eager to get right into such tough topics as direct air and sea links and steps toward unification...