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...least another year. The decision from the White House came amid mounting Congressional pressure to deny Mexico the status-- and the money that goes with it. On Thursday, 24 Senators signed a letter urging Clinton to decertify Mexico. In the letter, sponsored by California Democrat Diane Feinstein, the group said Mexico's inability to deal with drug trafficking was "overwhelming." The criticism arose primarily from the arrest last week of Mexico's anti-drug czar on charges of taking bribes from drug cartels. But Clinton chose re-certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts...
...least another year. The decision from the White House came amid mounting Congressional pressure to deny Mexico the status-- and the money that goes with it. On Thursday, 24 Senators signed a letter urging Clinton to decertify Mexico. In the letter, sponsored by California Democrat Diane Feinstein, the group said Mexico's inability to deal with drug trafficking was "overwhelming." The criticism arose primarily from the arrest last week of Mexico's anti-drug czar on charges of taking bribes from drug cartels. But Clinton chose re-certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts...
...Played Out, by Pete Davies. The story of the 1990 World Cup, from the perspective of the ultimate semifinalists, Team England. Davies, a novelist, was given the kinds of behind-the-scenes access that even John Feinstein might have found envious. And the results are breathtaking, whether he's analyzing the sweeper system or chronicling England's problems with hooliganism...
...sure, the amount of money spent on a bid for the House or the Senate doesn't always determine the outcome. Even the nearly $30 million effort by California Republican Michael Huffington in 1994 could not unseat Dianne Feinstein in the Senate race. But judging by the ever rising flood of dollars in and out of campaign coffers across the country, the odds still favor a well-funded contender--especially an incumbent. The average victor in a 1994 Senate race spent more than $4.5 million; losers spent around $3.4 million each. Half a million was the going price...
...prosecution of people who grow or use marijuana for legitimate medical reasons. But both times those were vetoed by Republican Governor Pete Wilson, who has also come out strongly against the ballot measure. Other opponents include law-enforcement agencies, drug-abuse programs, California's Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey. "This proposition is not about medicine," charges Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates, co-chairman of Citizens for a Drug-Free California, the campaign opposing Prop 215. "It's about the legalization of marijuana...