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...abortions and forced through a bill identical to the measure vetoed by President Clinton last year. Winning House approval mostly along party lines, the bill's final tally was 295 to 136, enough to override a Presidential veto. If the proposed legislation passes the Senate and survives Clinton's desk, it would penalize anyone who performs the procedure with fines and up to two years in prison. While the bill found widespread GOP support, many House Democrats said it violates a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and does not contain provisions to protect a woman's health. This...
...production values, at least, were clever in Oleanna. John's messy desk from Act One was rearranged into careful piles for Act Two, when he tries to maintain order against Carol's charges By Act Three, the desk was a mess again defeated like its owner...
...employee at the circulation desk said employees check the library from top to bottom before closing for the night. In addition, at closing time a loud bell sounds...
...patrician tightwad who hates to spend money (he sends his old suits out to be rewoven rather than buy new ones). In any case, Ickes draws a line between his treatment by the President and everyone else at the White House. Clinton tried to give Ickes the old desk used by his father, who was F.D.R.'s Interior Secretary, but couldn't because it was public property. More important, the President worked hard to find Ickes a job after the State Department became worried he was radioactive. (He now works out of a Washington lobbying firm on the upcoming Group...
...portable treasures. Witnesses say the sacks were put into vehicles with tinted glass--and taken out of the palace at night along with the suddenly quiescent leader. The Quito daily newspaper Hoy has reported that along with the money, a historical gold pen is missing from the president's desk. Gone, too, is the ebony-and-gold staff that is Ecuador's symbol of presidential power. Palace police guard Miguel Lara has told investigators that he made the $3 million withdrawal in 11 billion sucres, the national currency, on Feb. 6, the day Bucaram was ousted from office. He says...