Word: washingtonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Richmond initiative is being adopted in Atlanta; Birmingham, Ala.; Fort Worth, Texas; New Orleans; Norfolk, Va.; Philadelphia; Rochester, N.Y.; and San Francisco. President Clinton has touted Exile in a radio address. And the N.R.A., which donated more than $100,000 to Richmond's Project Exile ad campaign, is urging Washington to spend $50 million to apply the concept nationwide...
...conflict, however, raises the political risk. Intensified bombing would inevitably bring greater civilian casualties, and with a United Nations report released Thursday showing that the death rate among Iraqi children under age 5 has doubled in the era of U.N. sanctions, will only add to the disquiet of Washington?s Arab and European allies over U.S. Iraq policy (even if, as Washington insists, much of that suffering is caused by Saddam?s failure to distribute humanitarian supplies allowed through under the embargo). In addition, as a senior administration official told the Times, unless the U.S. and its allies are prepared...
...place. After that? In this front-loaded election season, in which checks not made out to George W. are getting harder and harder to come by, finishing among the best of the rest could mean survival itself. "For Bush, the challenge is to meet the high expectations," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan. "For the rest of the field, this is a competition to get noticed as a viable alternative...
...thing the U.S. learned from Saddam Hussein: When the other guy rattles his saber, you?ve got rattle yours right back. And so the White House made clear Friday that any Chinese military action against Taiwan would bring retaliation from the U.S., following reports that Beijing had warned Washington that China might "punish" Taiwan over its leader?s demand for an end to the "One China" policy, which maintains that democratic Taiwan and the communist mainland are one nation that will eventually be reunified. "The U.S. is being very careful not to repeat the mistake that preceded the 1991 Gulf...
...Despite the saber rattling, however, neither Taiwan nor Washington believes any Chinese military action is imminent because even mere martial gestures carry political risks for Beijing. For instance, in 1996, when the Chinese fired missiles near Taiwan, the U.S. sent two naval battle groups into the area to signal its readiness to come to Taiwan?s aid. "It?s humiliating for the Chinese when they?re forced to back down in the face of U.S. military power," says Dowell. "They?re very aware of the need to avoid making huge threats from which they later have to back down...