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...provincial obscurity without any connections to the big time. Both, by their early 20s, had been clearly marked for membership in the Establishment by virtue of their accumulation of golden educational credentials. They filled their Administration with other Mandarins and, at least in the early going, tried to govern from the Mandarin mind-set, which is secular, rational and optimistic and seeks to solve problems by devising perfect systems run by experts...
...early as March, and Clinton called it a "huge step in the right direction." Whatever its fate, it has further beatified the Governors. Specifically, it has enhanced the vice presidential chances of John Engler, one of its key Republican negotiators. Portly, balding, tenacious and smart, Engler does happen to govern a swing state, Michigan. He is Catholic. More important, he has slashed government and welfare rolls, been reviled for it, but ended up victorious at re-election. Says conservative editor and strategist William Kristol: "He's an obvious V.P. choice. I think after Powell, Engler is the most likely choice...
...Thursday, President Clinton took yet another step away from ideals of democracy and civil liberties by signing the Communications Decency Act into law. The act--a sweeping reorganization of the laws which govern the communications and media industry in America--contains provisions we find totally unacceptable as college students and American citizens...
...were firmly contradicted: a former close associate charged that Samper was indeed aware of the cartel connection. Though many Colombians all along have believed that the Samper campaign had a Cali taint, the latest allegation stunned the country. As calls for the President's resignation mounted, his ability to govern was put in grave doubt...
SARAJEVO: Nikola Koljevic, vice-president of the Serb Republic, on Tuesday visited Sarajevo, the city that he had been helping bomb only four months ago. "It's certainly the first time that any of the Pale leadership has publicly traveled to government-held Sarajevo since the war began in 1992," reports TIME's Massimo Calabresi. "And though it is probably more of a grip-and-grin meeting, it's still a significant step. Koljevic is thought to be connected to Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, so there is at least a speculative link to power there." Koljevic met with Kresimir Zubak...