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...dreary days after the disastrous midterm elections, one topic made the often volcanic President Clinton erupt more than any other: his political consultants. "How could we have paid them so much and done so poorly?" he once shouted in the Oval Office. But now, just three months later, those fires have clearly cooled. Not only have most of the offenders been welcomed back, but they also have been placed at the heart of the White House's most important and difficult challenge: getting the President re-elected...
...Give me the damn encyclopedia!'' I shout. Hearing the dread word, my nephews erupt from the rug and flee...
After bandying about the idea for weeks, President Clinton finally proposed a specific increase in the minimum wage: 90¢ over the next two years, to $5.15. The proposal, if not already moot, is certain to ignite a major fight with congressional Republicans. A spat is also sure to erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they will...
After bandying about the idea for weeks, President Clinton finally proposed a specific increase in the minimum wage: 90c over the next two years, to $5.15. The proposal is certain to ignite a major fight with congressional Republicans and is unlikely to survive. A spat is also sure to erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they...
...alliance is much more potent than an imagined contract based on silence. I can hardly conceive the horror that would eventually erupt if we were to remain silent and complacent on the very issues that people are contending with beyond the borders of Harvard. Indeed we suffer the longterm consequences when we ignore the very issues that our "brothers" deal with outside the mainstream...