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With the White House awash in Whitewater, Clinton reveled in his chance to conquer new worlds, to prove that a self-described "domestic" President could hold his own in the complex realm of international politics. He brought his genial man-of-the-people act to the streets of Brussels, Prague, Moscow and Minsk, even as he tackled economic and security issues from Russia to Bosnia with wonkish concentration. Boasting of breakthroughs on Ukrainian nuclear arms and the detargeting of Russian missiles, Clinton proclaimed his trip a success. Said a senior official traveling with the President: "We absolutely did everything...
...fevered work being done, however, science is still far away from the Brave New World vision of engineering a perfect human -- or even a perfect tomato. Much more research is needed before gene therapy becomes commonplace, and many diseases will take decades to conquer, if they can be conquered...
...patient straight out." Once Freud had made a diagnosis, the case, as far as he was concerned, was closed, although the treatment continued: "We must not be led astray by initial denials. If we keep firmly to what we have inferred, we shall in the end conquer every resistance by emphasizing the unshakable nature of our convictions...
While it is unclear if the U.S. strategy is to divide and conquer or divide and coax, Haiti's junta is prepared either way. Boasts a member of the high command: "We can play with that nicely." Indeed, Haiti's strongmen appear to enjoy "playing" with the Clinton brigades. A Cedras adviser claims that when the military agreed to negotiate with Aristide at Governors Island in New York last July, "the whole thing was a smokescreen." He continues, "We wanted to get the sanctions lifted. That's why we went along. But we never had any intention of really agreeing...
Finally, Head of the Charles weekend offers aunique opportunity for you to display your schoolpride. Forget the races; we usually win and evenif we don't who can tell anyway? Conquer in theareas where Harvard is traditionally weak--i.e.the festive arts. Take to the fields, the sofas,the beer-slicked tiled floors, the bars, and yourroommate's bed. Show the rest of the world thisplace didn't become the most powerful academicinstitution on the planet by producing agoraphobiclosers. After all, 200,000 people will be here tosee the action. JUSTIN INGERSOLL