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White House Attempts To Navigate Mideast Changes

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 01/27/2011 - 11:01pm

The U.S. is trying to encourage change — without too much turmoil or anti-American backlash. Some foreign policy watchers say U.S. support for the protesters is still too guarded.

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Scottish Fabric Maker Reacts To Lockerbie Backlash

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 09/14/2009 - 4:27am

The makers of Harris Tweed are changing their ads, hiding the heritage of the cloth made on Scotland's Isle of Harris in reaction to U.S. threats to boycott Scottish businesses after the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

As one company put it, "We have had to de-Scottishify the image."

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