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Real democracy, however primitive and messy, has come to Russia. That achievement, imperfect and fragile though it is, is nothing less than a miracle. But it is a miracle wrapped in danger inside a dilemma...
While Clinton may now find it easier to fulfill his No. 1 campaign promise -- revving up the economy -- the good news also poses a sharpening dilemma for him. How much stimulus does he need to inject, in terms of new spending and investment tax credits, and how big a price does he dare pay by increasing, however temporarily, the federal deficit? The President-elect allowed that the news "could have some impact on short-term judgment." Aides asserted, though, that they are still sure the economy will need jazzing up; the question is how much and how fast, and Clinton...
...these troubles are mechanical. The Crimson no doubt has the talent to fix them. The true dilemma, the thing Harvard needs to start sweating, fretting and regretting is the Terrier Curse. It's real. It's here. It's big, ugly and smelly...
Aware of the dilemma, Clinton has been trying to dampen expectations about what he can achieve in his first 100 days -- or even his first 1,000 days -- in the Oval Office. Clinton declared last week that "the American people understand that these problems are of long duration and there won't be any overnight miracles. But I think they expect aggressive and prompt action," he added, "and I'm going to give it to them...
...being videotaped, allegedly by a BBC correspondent named David Taylor. The video was turned over to the FBI, but without any audio, it proved nothing. Nevertheless, agents heard rumors that Taylor was preparing to air or distribute the video. That sparked the FBI sting. "It created a real dilemma for us," says one law-enforcement official. Why? Because the feds thought the ensuing media bonfire would destroy all hope of testing Oberwetter's honesty and taint the bureau, which would be accused of foot dragging in the face of a second potential Watergate...