Word: blaire
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...refuge of middle-aged politicians too timid for body piercing. Bill Clinton has raised these I'm-so-sorry sermonettes to an art form. The survivors of the Tuskegee, Ala., syphilis experiments and the victims of 1950s radiation research have all been awarded the presidential seal of sorrow. Tony Blair, an adroit mimic, apologized for the Irish potato famine before he even got around to hearing the latest Di-and-Fergie gossip from the Queen...
Paradoxically, the Socialists just might be in a better position to carry out free-market reforms than the right. And if Jospin can sell the French on modernization with a human face--not unlike Britain's Tony Blair, who is pushing Thatcherism with a softer edge--he will have done his country a historic service and boosted his presidential chances...
Pretty much all Europe wants to get in. The biggest exceptions are Sweden, Denmark and Britain. Even though Britain's economy is strong enough to qualify, Prime Minister Tony Blair says he probably won't go in on the first round. For the other states, the problem is the criteria for entry. To begin with, only members of the European Union may join, so that excludes all the former Warsaw Pact states. Then the applicants face strict requirements set by the Maastricht Treaty of 1992. At the top of the list is the demand that a country's budget deficit...
Before the CLINTONS and BLAIRS relaxed over champagne and a convivial dinner in London last week, the Boomer Buddies huddled about Iran. Enraged by its terrorism, its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its attempts to spoil Middle East peace, Clinton long ago imposed a trade embargo on Iran and has regularly denounced the regime. But with the new reform-minded cleric President, MOHAMMED KHATAMI, has Clinton softened on the regime? Actually, he told Blair, he was "very skeptical" that Khatami's election would bring real change to Tehran's foreign policy, and Blair agreed. But Clinton wants to make Iran...
...record books on March 7 on the first night of the ECAC Tournament against Cornell. His 33 saves that night moved the freshman into first place on Harvard's single-season saves list. Presto's final total of 844 surpassed the old mark of 789 set by Grant Blair '84 during the 1985-86 season...