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...important ways." This fall, for instance, the paper ran a series, "America: Who Stole the Dream?," for which two reporters spent more than two years, beginning before the 1995 cutbacks, researching the loss of decent jobs for blue-collar workers. King does not object to the demand for double-digit profitability, but he does wonder what further compromises may be necessary to achieve it. "We have stuck stubbornly to substance, and we've lost a lot of circulation," he says. "What makes a newspaper successful? Does this high-end stuff sell...
...weeks, all the pundits have been saying that Dole had to attack President Clinton on policy, on character and on ethics. With Clinton resting on a double-digit lead, the former senator needed to bark louder, even as he continued to control his bite. Subtle barbs peppered the discussion early on, as Dole sniped at the president with non-sequiturs. All in all, though, I doubt many minds were changed. If you couldn't catch it on television, here's a handy summary of last night...
First he must overcome what polls show is a decided ambivalence on the part of Americans over restoring Democrats to power in the House. While Bill Clinton's double-digit lead over Bob Dole has remained relatively steady for months, polls indicating how Americans plan to vote in their local congressional races are in constant flux, with projections ranging from a narrow G.O.P. advantage to a 12-point Democratic blowout. Gephardt believes that if the Democrats can carry a lead half that size into November, they will gain the 20 seats they need to capture the majority. And the chances...
...hard to win over Catholic voters, so the re-emergence of the issue complicates his campaign; he may have co-opted crime, welfare and budget balancing, but he can't turn into a Republican on this subject without losing a key constituency--the women who account for his double-digit lead. In that context, White House officials take comfort in the fact that the Senate will probably sustain the veto without their having to play hardball. "We respect that people have differences on this issue," says an aide. "We're not going out there twisting arms and cutting deals...
...taking fewer risks and accepting a lower return.) Vanderheiden also suggests that lower returns than those achieved in the '80s and early '90s are inevitable. "People have their expectations too high," he says. "Their expectations shouldn't be 15% a year, or even 10% a year." Rather, "mid-single-digit returns" are realistic...