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...elected, will you defend Hurlbut " I asked Kris N. Thiessen '96. "DEE-fend," boomed, affecting a political in a southern twang. "Of course. But, let me add a clause to that: I will defend all of Harvard University--especially the dorms which I represent...
Such notions stirred not only predictable opposition from the Vatican but also an uproar in the Islamic world, where abortion is generally forbidden. Belatedly, conference supporters tried to fend off a Muslim boycott. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called his old friend King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who was meeting with the Council of Ulama, his nation's highest body of religious authorities. But Mubarak's effort was futile. On the following day, the council condemned the Cairo conference as a "ferocious assault on Islamic society" and forbade Muslims from attending. Sudan, Lebanon and Iraq then joined Saudi Arabia in announcing...
Republicans can't be too sanguine. Polls show that their losing fight to stop the crime bill left them with the image of obstructionists on an issue many Americans say is the one most important to them. To fend off the impression that his party knows only how to oppose, House minority whip Newt Gingrich will unveil a national platform later this month to which all G.O.P. congressional candidates will be expected to pledge themselves. It will include a list of bills they would promise to produce within 100 days, including a balanced-budget amendment, welfare reform and George Bush...
...would believe that he had won fairly. During the P.R.I.'s lengthy reign, one of its ! most notorious achievements was its skill at arranging not to lose. But this time the electoral process had been significantly reformed, and more than 80,000 observers were stationed around the country to fend off the fraud that has been the rule so often before. The watchers, both Mexican and foreign, spotted many violations but agreed that they had seen the most open and honest election in Mexico this century...
...President knows very well that he has to fend off that question -- and fast. "This crime bill cannot die," he announced before flying to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a quickly scheduled speech to a police group, where he denounced the Republicans for obstructing a measure that was supposed to fight crime, the No. 1 concern of Americans in the polls. "You are going to see some real nervousness in the Republican ranks," insists White House adviser George Stephanopoulos. "They succumbed to their leaders against their constituents...