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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Arm-twisting was in full-swing in the Senate Thursday as the long-debated global chemical weapons treaty neared a final floor vote. The White House won crucial support from a number of wavering Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, after President Clinton offered last-minute assurances that the U.S. would withdraw from the treaty if it ever becomes necessary to protect America against the spread of chemical weapons. Despite strong opposition from many of his conservative colleagues, Lott hailed the offer as an "ironclad commitment" from the White House and said the U.S. will be "marginally...
...daughter by a woman in Texas, news that did nothing to smooth relations with his (now estranged) wife. Morris consoled himself with a $2.5 million book advance. He remains a much quoted political analyst, one gamely attempting to reach the ear of a President who holds him at arm's length. It's a tricky position...
When the moment is right, say leaders of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (N.C.R.), the rebels' civilian arm, the N.L.A. will roll across the border in support of a general uprising against the fundamentalist Iranian government. "We intend to combine the army with the rising of social unrest to sweep away the mullahs," N.C.R. president Maryam Rajavi told Time. "The mullahs are a regime that doesn't understand any language other than force and power." N.C.R. leaders believe, perhaps too optimistically, that burgeoning discontent with Iran's faltering economy, which has led to open protests and riots...
...needs a quarter-back to groom behind stand-in Chris Chandler, and Druckenmiller is the guy. He's not as good of a prospect as Tennessee junior Peyton Manning but will go this high simply because he's the best QB available. He is tall, has a strong arm, and lifted weights with the offensive linemen at school...
STRAWBERRIES Biggest scare since Alar--remember that? Kids and berries take it on the arm...