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Bill Clinton had to contend not only with the claim of his marital faithlessness and questions about the way he handled his draft status in 1969, but also with an impression of being a bit too facile -- "Slick Willie," as some call him in Arkansas. The attention to his personal life and the forbearance with which he bore the rude, intrusive process diminished the Slick Willie problem. Clinton, calling himself "the Comeback Kid," got a handsome 25% of the vote for second place...
...harsh truth, these economists say, is that the ruble cannot become stable without an overhaul of the economy far more thorough than what Yeltsin seems willing to risk. With 90% of Russia's production, distribution and retail outlets still in the inefficient hands of the state, they contend, supply cannot rise enough to slow inflation and restore long-term value to the ruble. "This amounts to trying to square the circle," says economist Nicholas Eberstadt, a Harvard research fellow. "The first step should be to privatize the factors of production." Adds Francis Scotland, managing director of the Investment Bank Credit...
Harvard (8-11 overall, 5-2 Ivy) must contend with those forces this weekend if it hopes to continue its three-game winning streak and, moreover, keep pace with first-place Brown, which has easy games coming...
Despite the research, the notion of "female" and "male" policing styles remains a controversial one. Individual temperament is more important than gender in the way cops perform, argues Edwin Delattre, author of Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing. Other experts contend that aggressiveness among officers is more a measure of a department's philosophy and the tone set by its top managers. "When cops are trained to think of themselves as fighters in a war against crime, they come to view the public as the enemy," observes James Fyfe, a criminal-justice professor at The American University...
...Taylor's critics contend that the makeup of the krewes is the very essence of Mardi Gras's mystical allure, and that gender bias is actually more prevalent than racial discrimination. The mostly black Zulu krewe, for example, excludes women, while the all-female Iris group bars men. Moreover, opponents question Taylor's motives in pushing for carnival reform, which was never a real issue until she suddenly brought it up. They say Taylor not only wants to run for mayor but is also out for revenge against Wilson, her council colleague, for successfully pushing a term-limit ballot amendment...