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...Yankees have demonstrated that they are ripe for assassination. The lineup that used to work the count so carefully and nickel-and-dime teams to death is no longer so consistent. Joe Torre cannot throw out Pettite, Clemens or El Duque and always receive a command performance. Their once-mighty bullpen is down to Jeff Nelsen and the great Mariano Rivera...
Some of the existing federal command-and-control pollution measures are indeed outdated. The answer, however, is not to replace them with more localized or voluntary measures, but to use market-based pollution abatement strategies such as tradable pollution permits or flexible tax systems. These measures show that economic efficiency and environmental protection can indeed go hand-in-hand, a view Gore's campaign embraces...
...while at the same time maintaining a presidential manner. And while Gore does not share his boss's superhuman ability to express empathy, he can, if pressed, maintain an interpersonal connection. And if he manages to balance a toned-down "I feel your pain" approach with a compelling command of specifics, the vice president could score a few points...
...Clinton and Gore do command all the resources of incumbency. In any case, an American presidential election seems relatively unimportant in a world context that is, for the moment, abruptly changed. Arafat has succeeded in discrediting the peace process itself, an act of wanton perversity. The Palestinians had within their grasp the best settlement they will ever get - almost all of the West Bank and Gaza, the prospect of a shared Jerusalem. But perhaps in the Palestinian subconscious there remains a sense of injured honor that judges it must win back by force of arms land lost by force...
...father's will after Howard had signed it. Rather predictably, Marshall called the ruling a "miscarriage of justice," while Smith told the court that inheriting lots of money was exactly what ol' man Marshall wanted for her. "He wanted to make me happy," she testified. "His wish was my command...