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...Crimson investigation has found that one of Harvard's most valuable resources and one of the largest academic libraries in the world, the Widener stacks, are "decaying, turning to dust," in the words of Cline. And though the University has made plans to install a climate-control system to curb the decay, none of the $28 million needed to renovate Widener has yet been raised...
Already, tension between the White House and congressional Democrats, and Gore and Gephardt specifically, is infecting Clinton's second term. Certain to be a central topic at the labor conference is the President's offer to curb Medicare spending by $14 billion more than he proposed last winter. Gore will have to defend the larger cut, which White House aides insist was a necessary good-faith gesture toward congressional Republicans. But Gephardt can say the White House is giving away too much, too early. In his first public reaction to Clinton's new Medicare number, the Missouri Democrat said...
Council members said the University is focusing on raising funds from other sources and controlling expenditures in order to curb tuition hikes...
...unilateral Israeli withdrawal, however, would be no guarantee of Israel's own security. The Lebanese government is neither capable nor willing to curb militias such as Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad or Amal. Likewise, Syria, whose military occupies much of Lebanon and pulls the strings of the Lebanese marionette government, has no interest in guaranteeing Israel's security. For Syria, the prospect of peace in Lebanon is a bargaining chip to be used in negotiations regarding the Golan Heights. Without the security zone, major cities in the north of Israel, such as Haifa and Safed, would be in range of rockets fired...
...patients or from die-hard liberals in the President's own party. Fueling the fears of Medicare and Medicaid patients concerned that they will not be able to obtain health care when they need it, doctors and hospitals already are arguing that Clinton?s cuts would force them to curb some services, such as free prescription drugs and dental plans, or to raise premiums. Expect the President to be floating many more budget-cutting notions in the next month. He still has to find another $300 billion or so in order to fulfill his campaign promise to balance the budget...