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SOMETIMES THE TURNING POINT in a war comes not from a battlefield victory but from a private surrender of faith. It happens when leaders discover that they care less about what they hope to win than about what they stand to lose. And so last week, as a blizzard shut down the government they had just reopened, President Clinton and the Republican leaders of Congress were still saying that it was in America's interest to reach a budget deal, that they weren't very far apart, that they had everything to gain by making peace and much to lose...
...increases and wasteful spending," says Ron Geiger, who runs a local food-distribution company. That and the idea that Dole can't beat Clinton "is a major problem," says Reynolds. "Of the others, Pat Buchanan has the true believers in tow, the types who'll vote even in a blizzard." Gramm too has significant local support, and his shopworn swipe at Dole's age ("I was a high school senior when he was in the Senate") tickled a crowd of about 70 people at Le Mars' Pantry Cafe last Friday...
Residents of eastern states have begun to dig themselves out from the "Blizzard of '96," another snowstorm is bearing down on the region, threatening to further slow cleanup efforts of the storm that has paralyzed much of the east. Starting sometime Friday, forecasters are calling for up to 2 feet of snow in parts of western Maryland, with at least several inches predicted for most of the coast. TIME Daily'sspecial coverageincludes reports from the National Weather Service and TIME correspondents in RealAudio, plus a look behind the weather and select links to other Web resources.SNOWJACKED!If New Yorkers drank...
...Blizzard of '96, which shut down the Federal government in Washington, D.C., dumped 30 inches of snow on Philadelphia and closed New York City public schools for two days, blanketed Cambridge with a foot and a half of snow Monday...
Furloughed federal workers got another day off in Washington after the blizzard dumped more than 16 inches of snow on the city. Monday was supposed to be the first day back on the job for federal employees after President Clinton agreed on Saturday to legislation that temporarily ends the three-week-old, partial government shutdown...