Word: vis
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...Politburo, in reference to U.S. human- rights pressures, that "we will not yield to hegemonism and power politics. For the motherland's sovereignty, independence and dignity, we are ready to pay a price." At the same time, uncertainty about the succession has begun to paralyze the Chinese bureaucracy vis-a-vis such sensitive issues as the negotiations on political organization in Hong Kong after the Chinese takeover in 1997. Says a China watcher in Hong Kong: "No one wants to make a decision now. That would bind them, and no one knows what is going to happen when Deng dies...
...Science policy means our position vis-a-vis the funding agencies in Washington, our position vis-a-vis corporate sponsors of research, our technology transfer efforts--taking existing technology that Harvard owns, because we have a patent on it, and trying to make that available to the public but also get some financial returns on that," he said. "Those are the three main areas, and that's going to be a significant focus of my attention...
...write the way Cambridge does, there was a good chance you'd acquired those skills from the Bible. [So] there was a damned good chance you were a dyed-in-the-wool Christian, and [that] you had a very strange and haughty and self-regarding view of yourself vis a vis the other slaves. You would think you were better, different...
...Sung regime removed the legal basis for the "special inspection" threatened by the IAEA. The pullout intensified fears that North Korea may now be capable of producing nuclear weapons; South Korea and Japan expressed particular alarm. International trade sanctions might be imposed, but that threat carries limited weight vis-a-vis North Korea, already one of the world's most isolated economies...
After his move to Germany, he vis- ited Harvard regularly...