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...White had not been one of the more memorable justices, but he had provided a swing vote that pushed the court in a conservative direction on such issues as abortion and church-state relations. His retirement will give Clinton an opportunity to appoint a Justice (New York Governor Mario Cuomo? Legal scholar Laurence Tribe?) who might help turn the court in a far more liberal direction. And the President has some time to ponder his choice and line up support. He need not have an appointee confirmed until the court's next term begins in October...
...snowshoes were still looking for hikers and campers stranded in Southern U.S. mountains; nine were airlifted out of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park as late as Thursday. Economic damages seemed sure to climb well past an early guess of $800 million; in New York State, Governor Mario Cuomo estimated snow-removal costs alone at $120 million. If it was not "the storm of the century," survivors hope they never see the real...
Whether her heart was reformed was no longer the primary issue. It was an ailing heart that won Jean Harris' freedom. A New York State parole-board panel approved her release last week after Governor Mario Cuomo cleared the way by granting her clemency in December. Harris served 12 years of a 15-year- to-life sentence for shooting her lover, "Scarsdale Diet" Dr. Herman Tarnower. Harris, 69, has been hospitalized following coronary surgery complications. After her release, she can finally stop serving life and start living...
Safire, for one, confidently predicted in January of 1990 that Cuomo would run. Of course, he wasn't alone. In July of that year, NBC commentator Andrea Mitchell, Wall Street Journal Washington chief Albert R. Hunt and then-New Yorker columnist Elizabeth Drew all did the same...
...anyway, Safire beshitted his reputation further by announcing on October 21, 1991 that Cuomo had decided to run "long ago." (Cuomo announced he would not run in December...