Word: trade
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George W. Bush has every reason to hate Pat Buchanan. After all, the pundit turned candidate savaged the Texas Governor's father in '92, when Buchanan challenged President Bush for the G.O.P. nomination, labeling him "King George." And Buchanan has attacked the younger Bush on everything from free trade to abortion, referring to him as the "prince...
...made a splash early in the '92 and '96 races and then quickly ran out of money, has been persuaded that the Reform Party, with its access to state ballots and millions of dollars in federal matching funds, can finally be the platform for his nationalist and anti-free-trade arguments and his anti-Washington populism. "My gut tells me he's going to make the shift," says Pat Choate, Perot's '96 running mate, who behind the scenes has been urging Buchanan to quit the G.O.P. "He's frozen out of the Republican Party. We'll give...
...idea when Ventura told the congressional paper The Hill that New York City mogul Donald Trump is "a serious candidate" for President on the Reform ticket. A Ventura ally admits the Governor is wary of Buchanan because of his hard-right stand on social issues and his anti-free-trade views, but, he says, "he doesn't feel that it is his role to recruit a presidential candidate to challenge Pat." As for Perot, friends say he does not plan to run and thinks Buchanan would be good for Reform...
When he took control of the Kenya Wildlife Service, it was close to collapse. Ivory poachers were killing hundreds of elephants annually, and staff morale was miserable. Leakey sacked corrupt rangers, brought in millions of dollars from international donors and helped enforce a ban on the ivory trade. "He has an ability to wake people up," says Joe Kioko, a deputy director at the Wildlife Service who has worked in Kenya's national parks for 31 years. "If you're good and get results, he'll give you all the support you need. But if you're useless, there...
...from the cold, but Pyongyang will have to check its missiles at the door. President Clinton on Friday lifted a series of economic sanctions against North Korea that had been in place since 1953, in response to Pyongyang?s undertaking to refrain from missile testing. The announcement will allow trade in consumer goods between the U.S. and North Korea and investment by American firms in the country?s torpid economy. But don?t expect to see your local deli carrying North Korean kimchee any time soon ? prospects for trade may be somewhat limited by the fact that the famine-ridden...