Word: crucially
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...prosecutors will try to present evidence that supports this narrative at each of its crucial points. At present, however, they apparently have no plans to call any witnesses who will testify to seeing McVeigh at the Murrah building at the time of the bombing. While several people have made a statement to that effect, the FBI maintains that they are not reliable, according to sources close to the case. Not everyone agrees that these accounts should be dismissed, however (see box). One person insisted vehemently to TIME that he had never changed his story, contrary to what FBI sources...
...that the lack of eyewitnesses may not matter much. Take the Ryder truck. No one disputes that it was used to carry the explosives--the prosecution will introduce a panel embedded with ammonium-nitrate crystals--or that it came from Elliott's Body Shop in Junction City, Kansas. The crucial matter is tying the truck to McVeigh...
...make further gains, Clinton needs more negotiating authority from Congress, and that means taking on two of the crucial Democratic blocs that Gore will need: organized labor and environmental groups. Such heavyweights as Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright are urging Clinton to press ahead. But with Gephardt already stoking the opposition, Gore and others are urging caution, arguing that the President can't afford to alienate Democrats when he needs them on the budget. So far, Clinton seems to be siding with the go-slow camp, which, the most ardent free-traders fear, could sink...
...other areas where crucial voting (and fund-raising) groups are involved, though, Gore seems to be running a bit in front of his President. Many pundits--and in private, a fair number of U.S. officials--say Benjamin Netanyahu's government deserves most of the blame for the current Middle East impasse. Pressure to take a tougher line with Israel rose further after Clinton's disappointing meeting with Netanyahu at the White House this month. But the Israeli Prime Minister could hardly have felt much inclination to move after listening a day earlier to Gore's performance before the American Israel...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Arm-twisting was in full-swing in the Senate Thursday as the long-debated global chemical weapons treaty neared a final floor vote. The White House won crucial support from a number of wavering Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, after President Clinton offered last-minute assurances that the U.S. would withdraw from the treaty if it ever becomes necessary to protect America against the spread of chemical weapons. Despite strong opposition from many of his conservative colleagues, Lott hailed the offer as an "ironclad commitment" from the White House and said the U.S. will be "marginally...