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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long ago, re-election looked like a breeze for New Jersey Representative Frank Pallone. A six-term Congressman in a district that tilts Democratic, he won his last two races handily with more than 60% of the vote. But this month an outfit called Americans for Job Security--in reality a front group led by large insurance companies furious with Pallone for heading the charge for managed-care reform--unveiled an anti-Pallone "issue ad": the TV spot blasts Pallone's positions without explicitly advocating his defeat. Among other things, it accuses him of voting to raid the Social Security...
Inglis, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, has tried to yoke his opponent to Bill Clinton, who even Hollings acknowledges is "as popular as AIDS in South Carolina." With a studied worriedness, Inglis shakes his head over Hollings' refusal to call for the President's resignation. "I wonder if you are one of the 34 votes he is counting on to cling to power," he asks Hollings. Hardly a Clinton buddy--he bucked him on the right to negotiate trade deals on a fast track and joked about his dating habits--Hollings considered asking for the President's resignation...
...right, now attend a diversity workshop and get training on sexual harassment. Employees can choose among eight "resource councils"--groups representing gays, women and Native Americans, among others. The company sets aside a specific share of purchases each year for minority-owned firms (what conservatives like the Coorses usually call--gulp--quotas). And the brewer has sponsored everything from a marathon gay dance party in Miami to "the first corporate mammography program in the country," as the company gushes...
...White House. The night had been a long give-and-take over security issues; a give-and-take that seemed to be moving in the same circles the Israelis and Palestinians had traveled for months, even years. "Hello?" Netanyahu said. "Happy Birthday." It was Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, calling to congratulate the Prime Minister on his 49th. "Is that really all you called for?" said Netanyahu. A few hours later, he had another surprise: flowers from Yasser Arafat. And a call from some Palestinian delegates: "May we both have a good year," they wished. Forty-eight hours later, after...
...Coors Co. isn't alone. The company's socially progressive policies are part of a larger trend. Call it corporate leftism: businesses are adopting policies considered wildly liberal in the political arena. Example: only 62 state and local governments have extended benefits to the unwed partners of employees. But more than 430 U.S. firms have done so. Three out of four FORTUNE 500 firms have diversity programs to help them attract minorities and keep them happy...