Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...match had got pretty ugly by the end of the week. In an ad called "Stripes," the G.O.P. attacked the claim by Clinton's lawyer Robert Bennett that the sexual-harassment suit filed against Clinton by Paula Jones should be delayed until after the President leaves office, on the ground that the Commander in Chief may be entitled to the same kind of protections as active-duty personnel. The next day the Democrats offered an ad called "Empty." With a picture of a Senator's cluttered desk, the announcer says, "He told us...he was a doer, not a talker...
...past two years, American politics has been split along ideological lines. Now, however, both candidates are realizing, once again, that most voters are closer to the center and yearning for sensible middle-ground positions. So the ugliness of the campaign has shifted, remarkably early, from exploiting partisan divisions to the old-fashioned mudslinging that usually marks the final days of the campaign...
Despite the glaring differences between the two sides, there is a corner of consensus. Both sides are united in the desire to strengthen the foundations of civil society. But is there a way to accomplish this in a manner that satisfies all concerned? Is there an evolutionary middle ground? Is it not possible, for example, to be against discrimination toward homosexuals yet not in favor of gay marriage? Compromises are already taking shape. Some cities, including New York, offer bereavement leave and health insurance to the domestic partners of city employees. Stuart Kelman, a Conservative rabbi in Berkeley, California...
...into action. John Kornblum, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, was dispatched to the region last week to lean on Milosevic, but the Serb President has his own interests to protect. Karadzic is still popular with Bosnian Serbs, and Milosevic, who is not, would only lose ground by removing him. He may have good reason not to hand Karadzic or Mladic over to the Hague, since they are among the few potential witnesses who could confirm his own complicity in war crimes. Yet Milosevic badly needs Western economic aid and diplomatic approval to revive his flattened economy...
...delivers Karadzic? Short of renewed fighting, elections will go ahead no matter what, says the head of OSCE in Bosnia, Ambassador Robert Frowick. But with Karadzic still pulling the strings, Clinton would find it increasingly difficult to explain his fear of using the 60,000 NATO troops on the ground to remove him. By the end of the week, in fact, NATO said its forces in Bosnia would be redeployed to limit Karadzic's and Mladic's movements--and therefore their ability to wield power. With his own election to think of, perhaps Clinton will finally push for the arrest...