Word: fate
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...fate of that reform bill revealed the danger of running the Senate and running for President at the same time. Dole's dual role is both enviable and impossible: he can place himself right in the middle of any issue he wants to address, demonstrating wisdom and leadership while denying his rivals the chance to advance their campaigns from the Senate floor. But he also has more to lose; his tough regulatory bill was a hit with conservative New Hampshire voters, but not with enough moderate Senators to prevent the embarrassing defeat. A watered-down version might have passed...
...mandate given to her by the Burmese people in 1990? That's almost certainly not the kind of freedom handed to her by the 21-general junta last week. The only thing that's sure is that Aung San Suu Kyi cannot conceive of freedom simply -- and the fate of her country may depend on her subtlety...
...that was it. More words followed from the President about his concern for completing the long, tortuous investigation into the fate of U.S. servicemen in the Vietnam War who are still listed as MIA, or missing in action. Even as he spoke, though, recognition of Hanoi was a reality. A foreign policy initiative that no White House incumbent since 1975 has felt safe enough or accommodating enough to hazard was now Clinton's fait accompli...
...officers expect that some peacekeepers will be seized as hostages, greatly complicating the pullout, but the rescuers won't face such a fate. "The forces we send in there are going to be fully armed combat forces in overwhelming power," Defense Secretary William Perry promises. "Anybody who attempts to take hostages is going to be taking on a very considerable undertaking...
Over the next few weeks, a House appropriations subcommittee will debate the fate of federal funding for legal services agencies. Established in 1970, the federal Legal Services Corporation his funded thousands of local agencies which protect the legal rights of the poor, disabled and elderly. Although most legal services centers now have to turn away close to three-fourths of eligible cases which come to their attention, House Republican Bob McCollum has recently proposed "zeroing out" funding for this program by 1997. McCollum objects most to cases launched by legal service centers against state and federal government agencies in order...