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...take-no-prisoners document designed to embarrass Republicans, and some Senate Democrats would have loved to embrace it. But George Bush, burdened by his many flip-flops, promised to veto any such bill. White House officials privately conceded that the veto threat was mostly bluff: Bush could not afford to shut down the government again. Still the gambit worked on Senate Democratic Leader George Mitchell, who joined his G.O.P. counterpart, Robert Dole, to fight off amendments from left and right...
...been exploring caves and sifting dirt on an archaeological dig. "I found some pieces of flint and a reindeer milk tooth," she says proudly, as she huffs up a path to an Ice Age rock shelter. Far below, a narrow valley is bathed in mist. On a forested bluff, a medieval fortress glows in pale yellow light. "The vegetation was different then," she says. "But I need to know the lay of the land, where the ridges are, where the high points are, so I can move my characters through here...
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART. In his portrayal of a director very like John Huston, Clint Eastwood subverts two rogue images: his own and that of a lovable auteur. He looks into the heart of maleness and finds equal parts arrogance and bluff...
...foreign defenders have saved Saudi Arabia from Saddam so far, but at the same time the influx of troops has underscored the country's vulnerability. Like the boy who called the bluff on the emperor's new clothes, the Iraqi leader made it plain that Saudi Arabia was not quite the muscular Arab power it appeared to be. "Saddam showed that we are a paper tiger," notes an economist in Riyadh. "Our ability to defend ourselves is a joke." That realization augurs a revamping of the Saudi military. Less easily fixed is the ! breach of the implicit contract between...
...call his bluff...