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...President in a symbolic vote by both houses has all the music of compromise that lawmakers love: it sends the moral signal that Clinton's behavior was wrong and unacceptable, but it stops well short of running him off. Both Republicans and Democrats could take their pound of flesh just a few weeks before the election, but without lowering themselves to Starr's level. Under the circumstances, says a presidential adviser, they would gladly settle for a censure. "If we could get a deal, we'd take...
...gone awry. The President made a mistake, he suffered a "critical lapse in judgement." But the tawdry details aside, he did not commit an impeachable offense. And he should certainly not be only the second President to resign from office simply because he succumbed to the temptations of the flesh...
...double presidency" continues. PresidentWilson has written her annual letter tofirst-years, and tours for prospective studentscontinue to tout the "dual citizenship" enjoyed byfemale undergraduates. Wilson and Rudenstinepressed the flesh at the First-Year Barbecue thisweekend...
...plan?s allure. The West, Mahathir insists, fears a ascendant Asia, with its large Muslim populations and strong governments, and is gleefully exploiting the Asian crisis as an opportunity to tear down the region's governments and replace them with toadies. In Mahathir's play, the pound of flesh has already been torn away. Like its neighbors, Malaysia lies bleeding, but when Korea, Thailand and Indonesia eagerly gulped down $150 billion in IMF bailout loans, Mahathir wanted none of the West's medicine. Shylock, after all, was no healer...
...pilots gave until it hurt then," he says, "and the executives made a jillion dollars when Northwest got healthier. Now it's doing very well, and the labor contracts are up, and the pilots want their pound of flesh." To Northwest, says Saporito, the pilots are "overpaid prima donnas who already got their fair share." Clearly, there are no white hats in this one -- just a lot of native South Dakotans with no way to get home for Labor Day (OK, several native South Dakotans). "Northwest's regional monopoly may force Clinton to intervene," says Saporito. Until then, the money...