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...BOSNIA AND BOB DOLE WEREN'T ENOUGH, NOW Bill Clinton had to contend with a depression. Leon Panetta's depression, that is. On the 97th day of the Administration's first 100, as Cabinet colleagues burnished their leader's record, the Office of Management and Budget head volunteered that Clinton's North American Free Trade Agreement was "dead" in Congress, his Russian-aid request endangered, and even parts of his huge budget proposal threatened unless he "defines his priorities." Panetta's suggested definition: Postpone introducing Hillary's health plan until after a June budget vote...
...another, though, Clinton says, he will do more. In deciding how to step up the pressure, he must contend with three major problems. First, he will have to sell his plan to Britain, France and Canada, all of which oppose military intervention because they have troops on the ground who could be endangered, and to Russia, which has rediscovered its nationalistic ties of brotherhood with the Orthodox, Slavic Serbs. Second, all the peacekeepers convoying humanitarian aid in the former Yugoslavia will have to be withdrawn, beefed up or safe-guarded against retaliation. And third, he must define the goal...
...market. Many hydrologists, state regulators and small bottlers favor the traditional geological definition, which has been adopted by North Carolina and several other states: water that flows naturally to the earth's surface and is drawn off there. Water sucked up through layers of earth via boreholes, they contend, may be of poorer quality because it can contain impurities...
...Columbia squad shows up, Harvard should contend. But if its evil twin appears, it could get ugly down at the courts. But who plays for Harvard and how they play may ultimately not matter...
What used to be one of the most coveted jobs in journalism is now widely viewed as a "challenge" if not a headache. Despite power, prestige and a salary that may exceed $1 million, whoever takes the job will have to contend with problems ranging from a persistent third-place rating for NBC's Nightly News to the lingering shame from Dateline's rigging of a crash fire to illustrate a piece about design defects in some General Motors trucks. An investigative report released by NBC last week found "misjudgments and professional lapses" in Dateline's production...