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...then, nothing. After the second debate, where Jack Kemp, the designated slasher, came off more like Barney than Freddy Krueger, even Ted Koppel gave up. "Here we have one of the most civil debates in history, and we can barely stay awake," he said. Then the press began to chide moderator Jim Lehrer for being too nice. "He drains the energy out of the room,'' declared a reporter in the Washington Post...
...Americans did not hesitate to turn up the temperature in this hothouse environment. On Wednesday morning, even before delivering a pep talk to the three Presidents at the plenary session, Christopher visited the private quarters of each to chide them about actions their countries might take that could derail the talks. He warned Tudjman not to undercut Bosnia's Croat-Muslim federation and told him point-blank to knock off the brinkmanship over eastern Slavonia, the hotly contested sliver of Croatia still controlled by rebel Serbs. The Secretary instructed Izetbegovic to keep his distance from the media and told Milosevic...
...stunning success earned him enough accolades for a lifetime. But critics chide him especially for failing, despite his immense prestige after the Gulf War, to reshape radically the post-cold war armed forces by slashing and consolidating redundant units. Others complain he verged on insubordination by failing to back President Clinton's plan to open the military to gays. Powell now says he has no objection to gay couples raising children; the important thing is to provide all kids with a family's love and discipline...
...pillars of various persuasions. Tony Kushner, author of the Pulitzer-prizewinning Angels in America, said he felt "dissed." Croce, he argued, has her semantics wrong; she uses the word victims to describe "politically engaged progressive people." Libertarian terror Camille Paglia largely agreed with Croce but seized the occasion to chide her for not paying proper attention to the pop heroes Paglia champions. In short, the powwow was predictable but entertaining...
...MARGARETHE CAMMERMEYER WERE a heroine in a fictional TV movie of the week, critics might chide the writers for inventing a character so hyperbolically resolute. After all, how believable is a venerated female Army colonel who raises four fine sons, runs a seizure clinic, attains a doctorate in nursing at 49, and then makes a career of challenging the military's antigay policy...