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The national election campaign of 1994, the first in which black South Africans will be allowed to vote, is under way -- four years after Mandela's release from prison. Although his message of hope has been blurred by threats of violence, the election does not seem to be in serious...
Aides say Clinton is aware of the problem but has trouble taking the steps to correct it. Where once he participated in grueling, two- and three-hour briefings on everything from the budget to the rehiring of fired air-traffic controllers, he has begun to realize that he was having...
The informality that can make Aspin agreeable as a man also made him unsuitable as a front man. At congressional hearings he was apt to put his elbow on the table and cradle his chin in one hand. He can irritate colleagues by referring to them by their last name...
Even more damaging in the view of the White House were Aspin's frequent wobbles when he tried to articulate Administration policies in the media. During the first weeks of the fight over gays in the military he appeared on Face the Nation to air the view that Congress and...
Before it comes to that, the West is trying to make North Korea back down. Hans Blix, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, declared that there was no longer any "meaningful assurance" that North Korea was using its nuclear materials for peaceful purposes, now that the IAEA surveillance equipment...