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Alone among the players, the one who remained unchanged and unchanging was Bill Clinton. Many people had long ago concluded that he was a rogue and a cheat and impervious to pain; this year he was himself, only more so. Even people who revile his reflexes acknowledge his charm. Ken Starr marvels at how attractive the President is, like a hunter who wants to pet the lion before he shoots...
...underhanded grab for market share. And regardless of the new world order, the image of one of the world's most brilliant businessmen pretending not to understand the simplest questions about his own company will be hard to dispel. A new playing field doesn't mean you didn't cheat...
Most hunting simulations come with a number of "cheat codes" that allow you to adjust the ratio of blood to sport. In Deer Hunter II, for instance, you can start the hunt with a deer in view rather than work for 15 minutes or so to attract one by scattering scent lures or rattling antlers. Another code permits the hunter to race along, as if on horseback, at the same speed as the running deer. But if you bag a buck while using a cheat code, you're barred from mounting its head in the virtual trophy room...
...they wanted to take less than they deserved and 2) preventing full-scale revolt the minute the stakes became high. The subsequent endless pressures on Rozelle are familiar to anyone who has ever built a successful cartel--and cartels by and large fail. A member is more inclined to cheat the group the more successfully the group drives up his price. When Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys cut a side deal with Pepsi to become the official drink of Texas Stadium, thus violating at least the spirit of the lucrative agreement the NFL had cut with Coca-Cola...
...nice reward--broad hints of accelerating the move to lift the economic embargo of Iraq--if Saddam would just act nice. Saddam responded with his "Swiss cheese" letter, a disingenuous, heavily hedged show of compliance with U.N. demands that was, in fact, a prescription for more Iraqi "cheat and retreat" on weapons inspections. Nonetheless, the very transmittal of that letter, as yet unparsed, was enough to prompt President Clinton to recall his bombers in midflight...