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...imposing on themselves the very restrictions Washington won't. Outside the U.S., green-leaning developed nations like the E.U. members and emerging polluters like China and Mexico have seemed to be getting the message, implementing new programs and testing new technologies to control global warming, even without the cudgel of Kyoto...
There was much conjecture on Friday that Jackson's tough-minded ruling could be the cudgel the parties need to get them back to the negotiating table. Settlement is always a possibility. Intel staved off an antitrust suit of its own earlier this year by striking a quiet deal with the Federal Trade Commission in which it agreed to share more information about its processors with other companies. But despite a few stabs at working it out--including a round of quiet talks during the trial--Microsoft and Justice haven't been able to get started. The sharpness of last...
...that block grants would be a demolition of the national social safety net. TIME's John Dickerson says that the governors' outcry will have a limited effect at this point in the budget battle: "It hurts Clinton a little, because the Republicans will pick it up as a nice cudgel to bash the President. But if Democrats and Republicans want to balance the budget, the governors aren't going to have much...
...interesting issue surrounding black anti-Semitism has to do with the blacks. For one thing, why, of all people, the Jews? What is to be gained by blacks -- what in the way of genuine strength, energy, sense of possibility, self-respect -- in taking up so old and rusty a cudgel? Very little, one might suppose, if what they were actually pursuing were such necessities as energy, possibility and self-respect. Anti-Semitism does, however, provide the blacks with a simulacrum of toughness -- of all the people they might hit, the Jews are least likely to exact equal retribution...
...pounding was relentless. As the latest Clinton Administration nominee sat before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, Senators took their turns delivering the blows. First, South Carolina's nonagenarian Strom Thurmond took up the cudgel, blustering about what he called "a compelling prima facie case that ((Morton Halperin)) is unsuited for any position in the Pentagon" and calling him a man of "deeply flawed judgment" who has failed "to create an impression of reliability or trustworthiness." Then John McCain of Arizona spoke of "profoundly disturbing questions about Halperin's judgment, his credibility, and his suitability to hold a position...