Word: travel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Seeking to dispel voters' perceptions that politicians are the slaves of special-interest groups, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly (95 to 4) -- and in many cases grudgingly -- to ban gifts, meals and recreational travel offered by lobbyists. The House passed a similar but slightly less restrictive measure in March...
China gave permission for a legal scholar to travel to the U.S. and paroled another dissident held since 1990 on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Both moves appeared to be part of an effort to persuade President Clinton to renew China's most-favored-nation trade status. At the same time, China's legislature announced 18 new grounds for detaining and arresting dissidents, and at least six people were detained in Shanghai...
That other team will either be Dartmouth or William and Mary. If it is Dartmouth, then the Crimson will host the Big Green next weekend. If not, then Harvard's plans for Saturday depends on where it is ranked and the respective travel costs for the four teams, since the pairings are made to minimize them...
COMMERCE: The Higher Cost of Free Travel...
...left the country within 15 days; the clock would start ticking the moment the resolution passed. "We're not alone in being frustrated, irritated, furious about what is going on in Haiti," said Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. The proposed sanctions would stop most trade and all travel to Haiti with the exception of regularly scheduled flights. In view of rising malnournishment and disease on the island, however, food and medicine shipments would be exempt. In addition, some 600 Haitian soldiers, policemen and their families would be barred from going abroad and their assets would be frozen worldwide...