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...something tells me that I was not born too late to feel the effects of the Vietnam War. The drawn-out struggle that handed us no victory has become part of the national psyche. Now, it hangs over us like a cloud as we deal with the knowledge of carnage and genocide in the Balkans today...
Different Presidents use their transitions differently. Clinton's has been marked by two factors: the beginning of what promises to be a drawn-out and difficult education process designed to change the way Americans think about themselves and their country, and the appointment of advisers whose primary roles will involve salesmanship and the implementation of programs more than policy development...
Union officials, unavailable for comment yesterday, have spoken out strongly in favor of the benefits. But it is unclear how a drawn-out committee discussion will be received by a union anxious to sign a new contract and already sure of its position on partnership benefits...
...previous quarter. "That cut the second-quarter growth rate for the country in half. That's how dependent we are on the global economy," says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics. Just as in the U.S., the outlook in Europe and Japan is for a drawn-out recovery...
...executives scratching their heads. "There is this very erratic pattern," notes Harold Poling, chairman of Ford, whose restyled Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable models have been slow to roll off new- car lots. "Dealers will have a positive week, then one when nothing happens. It looks like a long, drawn-out and weak time ahead...