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...fact is, however, that the Crimson was fortunate to salvage a deadlock. With under five minutes remaining in the second half, Harvard's defeat appeared certain until Corkery's heroics evened the match...
Japanese prime minister Keizo Obuchi couldn't come to Washington next week with an empty briefcase. That's why he cut a deal with his political opponents Friday over stalled banking reform legislation -- a deadlock that had exasperated Washington. "This appears to be an important step, but they still have a major chasm to cross," says TIME reporter Bernard Baumohl. "At least now Obuchi has some news for President Clinton. It would have been terribly embarrassing for him to come to Washington with no plan to reform his country's banking sector, which many see as a crucial step...
...Republican orthodoxy and it's certainly not going to cost him any votes at home," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "But the Democrats are taking their shots." Gay rights groups are understandably indignant. And Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, a Democrat, wants to use the furor to break the deadlock over the nomination of James Hormel -- an openly gay San Francisco philanthopist -- who was tapped to be ambassador to Luxembourg. Sensing a way to make points with the GOP's right wing, Lott has kept Hormel's nomination tied up for a year. But Wellstone's initiative notwithstanding, Dickerson says...
Manning, an experienced labor negotiator, iswidely credited with breaking the deadlock on thehealth care and benefits dispute which stymiedrelations between the union and the Universitybetween...
JUNE: Harvard and unions deadlock, onceagain, over the issue of health benefits forpart-time employees...