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...some U.S. politicians think a credible threat by Washington to do away with favorable tariff treatment for Chinese goods might be effective. The theory is that China would lose more money because of lower exports to the U.S. than it would gain through further nuclear sales. Democratic Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware goes so far as to say that "we must, in extremis, be prepared to use force to stop dangerous dictators from obtaining nuclear weapons" -- which apparently means bombing North Korea if all else fails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Else Will Have the Bomb? | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

...just can't believe Republicans would kill a death-penalty bill," said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "For the Republicans to vote against capital punishment--I'd like...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Crime Bill Consensus Reached | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...Biden and other Democrats accused Republicans of trying to stop enactment of the crime package this fall to give Bush an election-year issue...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Crime Bill Consensus Reached | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...president would be happy if we didn't get anything ... so he could have a political victory," Biden said...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Crime Bill Consensus Reached | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...course, they "didn't get it," as millions of American women screamed in chorus when they found out that the committee had read Anita Hill's charges of sexual harassment and tossed them into the circular file. Probably nobody ever asked Joe Biden why a cute little number like him would want a career in politics. Chances are no officemate ever let his or her hand drift languorously over John C. Danforth's derriere or inquired as to Orrin Hatch's vital dimensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women Would Have Known | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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