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Williams turned to Margolies-Mezvinsky, a newcomer from a normally Republican district who had gone against the budget in the first round. She remained unsatisfied with the budget's feeble effort to curb entitlements. She too had heard from Clinton, just 15 minutes earlier: Marjorie, how can I get your support? Margolies-Mezvinsky named an unusual price: Come to my district and preside over a high-visibility conference -- including all concerned interests -- on checking the cost of entitlements. They talked it through for a few minutes until Clinton said, "Let's do it." Now, at 10:15, the electronic tabulation...
Saying he did not intend to offer his resignation, FBI Director William Sessions nevertheless cut short a Chicago trip to meet with his boss, Attorney General Janet Reno. Neither would comment after the half-hour conference on Saturday; as Sessions left, he tripped over a curb and broke two bones in his elbow. A day earlier, President Clinton met with Sessions' possible successor: Judge Louis Freeh of New York...
House backs his curb on Medicaid abortions...
...father of a boy killed by robbers)) asked Clinton what could be done to curb violence. . . Clinton's eyes welled almost to tears." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER...
...ended up back at Domino's, eating our pizza while squatting on the curb of the parking lot. When we finally found U-Haul it was closed, but by then we were laughing so hard we didn't care...