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...anyone's realizing it at the time. For Clinton and Dole last week may well prove to be one such moment. Over the course of six days, Clinton defended his fortress in the political center by making headline-grabbing announcements on welfare reform, on the right of states to disavow homosexual unions, and on affirmative action, just when Bob Dole had hoped to showcase his own distinctive politics on some of the same subjects. But in sending so many messages so fast, Clinton managed even amid his tactical successes to raise questions about whether he was returning...
...married, or going to and from work, or in case of emergency. As a concession to the longer days of summer, children can stay out until 9 p.m. from June until August. Ambushed in recent weeks by Clinton on welfare reform, on the right of states to disavow homosexual unions and on affirmative action, Dole put a wry face on the situation. Asked why he thought Clinton was talking about curfews, Dole said, "he must have taken a poll." Lamia Abu-Haidar
Most national conservative groups disavow a direct role but say they monitor and advise local battles through members at the grass roots. Some, however, don't. In Salt Lake City the Utah chapter of Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum spearheaded a school-board vote to ban all after-school clubs for the specific purpose of keeping a local high school from being host of an after-school club for gay teens. Last week the legislature passed a bill banning gay clubs in high schools statewide, mandating that local school boards "deny access to any student organization or club whose activity...
When Iran's official news agency described the suicide bombings in Israel as "divine retribution," the Tehran government, in its current attempt at moderation, went through public hoops to disavow the sentiments and to regret the loss of life. All of which makes a recent round of Iranian diplomacy more than a little embarrassing. Just before the murderous last spate of bombings in Israel, Hasan Habibi, Vice President of Iran, visited Syria for what amounted to a pep rally for Middle East terrorism. Gathered at Iran's embassy in Damascus were the leaders of such Palestinian extremist groups as Hizballah...
...themselves from the American Enterprise Institute, where D'Souza is a research fellow, in protest over the book. Sounding more like the Rev. Al Sharpton than a conservative Republican, Woodson denounced D'Souza as "the Mark Fuhrman of public policy" and called on conservatives, black and white, to "publicly disavow the racist ideology" his book espouses. "This is a moment of truth for the conservative movement as to where they stand on the issue of race," says Woodson. "The only time you hear from white conservatives is when there is a white fireman aggrieved over affirmative action. If they want...