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Even if the government were to order a crackdown on the pirates, there is no certainty it would have the authority to enforce its decree. Officials in Beijing admit privately that without a strong leader at the top, Beijing's administrative power has weakened, particularly in the prosperous and freewheeling southern provinces...
...government's show of force ended a 12-month cease-fire that began after the Jan. 1, 1994, Zapatista insurrection left 145 dead and shattered Mexico's modernizing image. The crackdown also came as Zedillo's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party faced a difficult Feb. 12 election in the central state of Jalisco. That was a suspicious coincidence to some analysts, but Zedillo said his moves were triggered by fears of expanded Zapatista military action...
...public, according to polls, than it was by pundits, who accused the President of splitting too many differences. Among the principles the President espoused, and which Republicans said he had co-opted from them: smaller government, lower taxes, a balanced budget, a line-item veto, welfare reform and a crackdown on illegal aliens...
...public, according to polls, than it was by pundits, who accused the President of splitting too many differences. Among the principles the President espoused, and which Republicans accused him of co- opting from them: smaller government, lower taxes, balanced-budget reforms, a line-item veto, welfare reform and a crackdown on illegal aliens. Yes on Balanced Budget Joined by many Democrats, including some liberals, the Republican majority in the House of Representatives approved a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 300 to 132, comfortably exceeding the two-thirds majority needed. The measure, which was stripped...
...decidedly not a soft drink -- and probably not a sex aid. According to his supporters, who gathered last week to celebrate his release from prison, he's the first underground hero of the Information Age, the Robin Hood of cyberspace. Arrested two years ago in a federal crackdown on computer break-ins, he became a cause celebre among the Net intelligentsia: a master hacker jailed not only for what he did but also for what he knew...