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Despite the arm twisting, the defections mounted. In fact, they were fueled to some degree by resentment of Sununu's strong-arm tactics, which some Republicans derided as "all stick and no carrot." The Democrats had no more success in keeping their members in line. At a White House meeting, Bush and Foley agreed that the Speaker could offer the Democratic majority a carrot: assurances that the most objectionable details in the plan could be changed in the next two weeks, before the final legislation was to be passed. Foley took this word to the Democratic caucus, along with...
Arafat also faces internal threats. By tilting toward Baghdad, he has bolstered radicals within his organization who would like to depose him. Should Saddam emerge from the gulf crisis stronger, he might challenge Arafat's position. Some tensions surfaced shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait, when Saddam wanted to arm Palestinians there, but Arafat instructed them to decline. For Arafat, the task, as always, is to ride the tiger without being devoured...
...WHAT is the U.S. doing peddling cigarettes throughout the world? For one thing, the political arm of the tobacco industry, the Tobacco Institute, is one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington. Cigarette companies need exports; domestic smokers are dying off and no one is replacing them. Domestic consumption of cigarettes is down 17 percent since...
...painted on buildings, framed in traffic circles, displayed in lobbies: Saddam drawing sword, Saddam on stallion, Saddam in sunglasses, Saddam in camouflage fatigues, Saddam looking like Xavier Cugat in white suit, Saddam slaying the infidels. In the city center is a new statue, 60 ft. high: Saddam, ramrod straight, arm outstretched in salute...
...Aesthetically, it would have to go to Alex Estevez's score against UNH Thursday. Estevez barrelled over a defender in an effort to get to the ball and then, with his leg completely outstreched and his body nearly parallel to the ground, booted the ball past the extended arm of diving UNH goaltender John Leader...