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...Gore tried to act surprised Thursday when reporters rushed him with news that one more Justice Department official wants Janet Reno to appoint a special counsel to investigate Gore's 1996 fund-raising zeal. He shouldn't have bothered - a yawn would have been a more genuine response. Sure, the barking is a little louder this time, because Gore is getting closer and closer to November and Reno is getting lonelier and lonelier in her refusal to farm out her investigation to an outside office. But by now, Gore knows the baying of these hounds all too well...
...provost does not have a final say in major University decisions. Does not sit as a member of the Harvard Corporation. Does not sit as a member of the deans' council. Does not appoint University deans...
...That anti-monopoly message understandably made Bill Gates, Class of 1977, and colleagues nervous. When Jackson initially tried to appoint Lessig a special master on the case, Microsoft objected vehemently...
...million of its arrears to the U.N., an organization Helms has reviled. But there was a catch: Helms insisted on U.N. policy changes that are still holding up the bulk of the payments. Before Holbrooke was sworn in, Helms asked the White House to appoint an alternate U.N. delegate: Irwin Belk, a feisty North Carolina buddy who heads a department-store chain. Clinton agreed, and Belk, who turned out to be a U.N. cheerleader, quickly became, as a top Administration aide chortles, a "national asset...
...majority may determine how our Constitution is interpreted for 30 or 40 years," Gore said, noting the next President might appoint as many as four judges to the bench...