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...that neither man registers more than 49 percent. Milosevic, also, is far from lacking in the requisite cynicism required to simply use opposition charges of widespread ballot fraud as an excuse to call another election. And if he does play for time, the temptation may prove overwhelming to distract the electorate by fomenting another confrontation with NATO, either in Kosovo or Montenegro...
...trial," of course, was primarily a propaganda stunt designed to distract Serb voters ahead of Sunday's election, in which polls indicate they plan to deliver Milosevic a humiliating defeat at the ballot box. Still, nobody's under any illusions that the outcome of the actual vote will prevent Milosevic from declaring victory within hours of the polls' closing and, with the backing of his army, daring anyone to disagree. But the Clinton-Blair "trial" may have a more sinister intention than simply cocking a snook at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague. Now that Clinton, Albright, Blair...
...exploding. Last month phone.com exploded too, shelling out $6 billion for mobile-mailbox giant software.com And since every piece of software on the Net will have to be rejiggered to conform to the WAP standard, Rossman still has a lot of work to do if he's going to distract cell-phone users from their jabbering...
Gore's choice was no more than a political decision to try to use a person with the mantle of Mr. Clean to distract voters from the Clinton-Gore dirt. After denouncing President Clinton but voting against his impeachment, will Lieberman now join Gore in declaring Clinton "one of our greatest Presidents"? That would be real chutzpah. FRANK L. FRABLE Aurora...
Cheney carries no cumbersome baggage. He does not distract attention from the top of the ticket but rather augments it solidly. He keeps the Republican conservatives happy without offending the moderates. He does raise the question of whether a man a heartbeat away from the presidency should be expected to have an entirely reliable heart. Cheney has had three infarctions. But they were a long time...