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...following week, as everyone knows, Helms let something else slip to a North Carolina newspaper: "Mr. Clinton had better watch out if he comes down here. He better have a bodyguard...
...Jesse Helms may still end up atop the Foreign Relations Committee come January, but the North Carolina Republican's snipe Monday that President Clinton had "better have a bodyguard" if he visited bases in Helms' state is playing badly throughout military ranks,TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonsays. Predictably, Democrats blasted Helms -- White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta last night suggested the GOP rethink whether someone with such "extreme views" should chair such a powerful committee -- but many of the generals and G.I.s Helms claimed to speak for were also shocked. "Even those who have great disdain for Clinton...
After telling a reporter that President Clinton "better have a bodyguard" if he plans to visit North Carolina military bases, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) today expressed regret -- without apologizing -- for the remarks. "President Clinton will of course be welcomed by me and other citizens of North Carolina . . . anytime he chooses to visit us," Helms said in today's statement. But in an interview that took place Monday -- just as the flap hit over Helms' comments about Clinton's not being up to commander-in-chief duties -- and was published today in the Raleigh News & Observer, Helms said that...
...scripted overacting, Chazz Palminteri, as Cheech (Olive's bodyguard), seems subtle and slick. Cheech appears at first as the quintessential Italian mafia strong man, tough and curt and not overly smart, but quickly becomes the most interesting character in the film (largely due to Palmenteri's fabulous performance), a moody genius with a big gun. The intelligence of the script is particularly apparent here: rather than trying to transform Cheech from a hood to an artist, Allen is content to make him an artistic hood, which Palminteri plays to the hilt...
...Pensacola jury took just 20 minutes today to convict Paul Hill of murder in theJuly shotgun killings of an abortion doctorand his bodyguard. Hill now faces either life in prison or death in the electric chair -- a fate determined when the jury returns Thursday. Hill, acting as his own lawyer, offered no defense during his three-day trial. Hill had ambushed Dr. John B. Britton, 69; his unarmed bodyguard, James H. Barrett, 74; and Barrett's wife, June, 68, as the three arrived at the Ladies Center clinic on July 29. He was barred from arguing that the slayings were...