Word: trades
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...what I came here to do." Christopher and his team were essentially custodians; all the hotshots were running domestic policy, and soon the State Department's budget was dropping and pieces of its portfolio were shifting over to Commerce and Treasury. Foreign policy became an extension of trade policy by other means: the bailout of Mexico, the passage of NAFTA, the concessions from China and Japan...
...Golan Heights.? Netanyahu's hard line on the Golan may be primarily a negotiating ploy. Israeli support for the continued presence in southern Lebanon has been waning, especially after last month's deadly helicopter accident killed 73 Israeli troops there. Having already established the principle that he would trade land for peace in completing the West Bank withdrawal agreement earlier this year, Netanyahu may be ready to compromise on the Golan...
...especially the United States." The embattled town is crucial to both sides because of its strategic location. For the Serbs, Brcko sits on the narrow corridor that links the western and eastern parts of the Serb Republic. Meanwhile, the Muslim-led government wants to regain the city for its trade links that provide key access to central Europe and to return the refugees to their homes. But the long-term result of this will probably be closer to what has become a pattern in Bosnia: Muslims will insist on their right to return, which will lead to clashes with...
...Golan Heights.? Netanyahu's hard line on the Golan may be primarily a negotiating ploy. Israeli support for the continued presence in southern Lebanon has been waning, especially after last month's deadly helicopter accident killed 73 Israeli troops there. Having already established the principle that he would trade land for peace in completing the West Bank withdrawal agreement earlier this year, Netanyahu may be ready to compromise on the Golan...
William Schuman's Third Symphony occupied most of the second half of the program. This formally rigid piece demands a balance between strings and brass that was not always present in this performance. In the opening "Passacaglia and Fugue," to use the talk of the trade, the trumpets could have been shooting ducks out of the balcony. But this is only a quibble when one considers how carefully Previn articulated both crucial ingredients, the ground of the passacaglia and the subject of the fugue...