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Although this year's dispute may be more intense and the final margins closer than last year's, Congress will not derail China's MFN status unless Beijing commits an act of monumental folly over the next few weeks.
However, three factors--which could surface at any time--may derail his ambitions:
Not, however, before Johnson's reckless attempt to derail him by reminding delegates of rumors that Joseph Kennedy Sr., while he was ambassador to England, had appeased Hitler.
He was studiously neutral, utterly unflappable and unfailingly optimistic as bombs, killings and expulsions threatened to derail the peace process.
Israel and Syria called the impasse a "crisis" that threatened to derail the entire peace process.