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...mystery why the overwhelming majority of the world's Presidents, Prime Ministers and potentates reflexively want to see an incumbent President returned to office. Even America's foes prefer the devil they know to the one they don't. In the eyes of a nervous world, continuity is nearly an absolute virtue. But it is not a particularly American one. The razzle-dazzle of U.S. politics has a way of lifting from obscurity the most unlikely characters, usually by way of some provincial statehouse. A peanut farmer? A movie actor? The Governor of what? Where's that? No wonder that...
...Clinton's gubernatorial chief of staff, views Hillary as the "process" person in the Clinton political partnership. "She's the facilitator for making certain that the decisions he is leaning toward are ironclad," says Wright. "And by asking him the questions and walking him through scenarios and playing devil's advocate, she keeps other people from imposing things on him. She has the trial lawyer's ((ability)) to punch a hole in an argument -- and she'll keep punching until he fixes...
...ever been tackled by a speed demon on all fours? Have you ever had an appendage or two almost completely taken off by a mad bicyclist? Or, more excitingly, have you ever come close to being lifted 30 feet up in the air by a non-driving, mindless, dare-devil behind the wheel...
KEITH RICHARDS, THAT OLD DEVIL Stone, has for so long been rock's paradigm of advanced dissipation that it comes as a surprise to hear him here, on his second solo album, in a mood that veers dangerously close to relaxed. Kind of a nice surprise at that. Main Offender (Virgin) offers 10 jaunty cuts. Richards does a pretty good job on a ballad -- yes, a ballad -- called Eileen. There is also a spiffy, slow-tempo reggae number, Words of Wonder, and a neat one-two punch of reflections on compromised love, Hate It When You Leave and Runnin...
This is a problem that needs some creative long-term thinking. It's clear that the current system has few virtues beyond being the devil we know. Students with religious conflicts must make arrangements to take their finals a day later. A 24-hour bout of the flu may force a five-month postponement of an exam. Some students have four finals in three days; others have an exam on the first and last days and nothing in between...