Commentary

Employers in 1998 could find themselves embroiled in issues stemming from same-sex sexual harassment

Pragmatism. Flexibility. An absence of ideology. These are the hallmarks of Slovenia, a country that

On Brussels' medieval Grand Place, curious shopkeepers peered into the tiny car's open hood. In Zuri

I don't often think about horses, except, of course, when picking my way carefully around Central Pa

Roman Catholic Church sources claim the Cuban government's softer line toward believers was prompted

Arelentless drive to succeed and an ability to ignore or overcome obstacles have been keys to Micros

When the Washington bureau chief of a large newspaper chain says the most important news of 1997 was

Pressure on China to adopt trading practices similar to those of advanced Western economies is inten

The U.S. Border Patrol is quietly exploring the use of military satellites and reconnaissance planes

Technologies that flowed from the minds of Britain's independent inventors began the Industrial Revo

Reverberations over the British government's treatment of foreign journalists are growing, amid conc

It's assumed, backed by data, that states near borders or the sea are best positioned to trade with

After 30 years, Christmas in Cuba is back, restored by presidential decree.No official Chris

The financial turmoil in East Asia has created a lot of confusion among economists regarding its imp

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The Kyoto, Japan, conference on global climate change has focused attention on the future costs and

Giving is an important holiday tradition. Like many activities, however, it is best done in moderati

Is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shipbuilding agreement dead? Not yet, b

Time, we are told, heals all wounds. In the Middle East, despite repeated wars and long-standing gri

Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz is politically savvy, and probably right, when he says his count

The buzz about electronic commerce is that it's the wave of the future for state and local governmen

The European Parliament is not held in high esteem by those it claims to represent. A legislature th

In August 1997, a federal official supervising the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union

PLASTICS RECYCLINGIS A GROWING BUSINESSYour recent opinion piece by Richard Denison (''Plast

Last week, President Ernesto Zedillo surprised the international community by announcing that Treasu

U.S. insurance companies are following their British counterparts by excluding millennium bomb cover

In Alfred Uhry's Broadway hit, ''The Last Night of Ballyhoo,'' the daughter of a Southern Jewish fam

The signing last week of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development convention crimin

A European Union charge that an obscure provision in the U.S. tax code unlawfully subsidizes exports

By eliminating more than $5 billion in annual taxpayer subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, we cou

Asian crisis or not, global trade will grow by as much as 7 percent next year, the World Trade Organ

Due to an editing error, an opinion piece on Dec. 18 Page 6A under the headline ''No dispute: The WT

Of all the deficits afflicting Asia these days, none is more detrimental to the region's recovery th

U.S. trading partners may challenge the Clinton administration's view that $400 million in subsidies

A miasma of what might be described as ''low-intensity suspicion'' surrounds South Africa's deputy p

America's toy shoppers are racing down the homestretch now, and they're expected to spend even more

The U.S. government, at last, seems to have a sustained interest in the development of sub-Saharan A

California Gov. Pete Wilson recently struck a small but significant blow against the massive civil l

Why do companies and government agencies continue to use outmoded technologies to clean up contamina

There's no doubt that last week's British government conference on Nazi gold was a great achievement