Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seeking to make his city a cultural metropolis by establishing exchange programs with major U.S. cities. Fresh off of visits to Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C., Ma came to Boston to meet with Mayor Thomas M. Menino...
...that President Clinton doesn?t wantto be a team player; it?s just that Washington has a hard time playing well with others. The President Tuesday urged the United Nations to play a greater role in intervening to avoid humanitarian catastrophes on the order of Kosovo and East Timor. But exactly what role he envisages for the international body is far from clear. The U.S. has been criticized for bypassing the U.N. on interventions such as Kosovo, while Washington counters that the international body at times drags its feet as catastrophes unfold. "While everyone in the U.N. is debating...
...dues backlog to the U.N. ?- which President Clinton promised Tuesday to press for ?- may help the U.S. reclaim its natural leadership role in the organization, but it won?t be enough. If the U.N. is to be effective in dealing with the multiple international dangers of the next century, Washington will have to invest some political capital...
There is no man behind the curtain, OK? The U.S. took the extraordinary step Tuesday of announcing that it strongly opposes any coup attempt in Pakistan, just in case any one thought Washington might acquiesce in the ouster of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "Nawaz has been under tremendous political pressure ever since Pakistan was forced to withdraw from the Kargil region of Kashmir," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "There was a lot of anger in the military at being ordered to withdraw, and it?s all being directed at the prime minister. Even though the military has undertaken...
...tended to back Pakistan against India during the Cold War, but has since moved toward taking a more neutral stance on the subcontinent?s long-raging conflict. So when Pakistan sent a guerrilla force to occupy territory on the Indian side of the disputed border earlier this year, Washington joined Beijing ?- Islamabad?s other key ally ?- in demanding Pakistan?s withdrawal. And that left Nawaz to face the music back home. While calls for his ouster are mounting, Washington wants Pakistan?s constitution respected. And experience has made U.S. diplomats more inclined to spell out their positions ?- after...