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...close election. They have a healthy fear of disaster in Bosnia, eruptions of bimbos, new Whitewater embarrassments, a host of other unpredictables. And they realize that while many of Clinton's strengths play to Dole's weaknesses--their man's love of campaigning is surpassed only by Dole's discomfort with it--the reverse is also true. That Dole appears reluctant to traffic in his personal tragedy and compresses his public thoughts lends him an aura of trustworthiness when faced with a President far more promiscuous with his confessions and promises...
Close your eyes and you might imagine you were hearing Jesse Jackson. Just ask Jackson. He can't stomach Buchanan on any number of grounds, but even he gives him credit for "going to the heart of people's economic fears." To the immense discomfort of his party, Buchanan is bringing the class war home to the heart of the G.O.P. With great success, Republicans have been playing for decades on one enduring strand of populism, a resentment of Big Government. Buchanan has revived another that his party cannot so easily accommodate: hostility to Big Business...
While many may be uncomfortable with a woman who has created a real sphere of power and influence in what was once merely a spousal position, such discomfort must not be the source of accusation. Her role, like that of women in general over the past few decades, has been greatly expanded. Let us not impede the First Lady from joining, and ideally leading, American women towards their long awaited sexual equality...
...hard for a women to be assertive without being characterized as shrill, harsh and bitchy," says SAC member Melissa B. Weintraub '97. "I'm sure Liz fell prey to some of those characteristics. But I think that her discomfort was a result of some fundamental differences over the direction the committee was taking, not only her gender...
...their discomfort, the troops try to keep in mind their mission of bringing peace to a land that has experienced unusual cruelty for almost four years. The G.I.s have been reassured by the gracious welcome they generally receive from civilians. Completion of the bridge over the Sava, which enabled the first mass crossing of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles into Bosnia, drew crowds of appreciative Croats, who marveled at the hardware, not to mention the exotic sight of African Americans. Amid laughing children, Specialist Dustin Graciak of the 3/325th Airborne Combat Team delightedly reported, "They're asking about our weapons...