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...dead meat," to use the dainty Beltway terminology. At first the Republican revolution made Clinton's doom seem even more certain. But it hasn't worked out that way. Many have noted the irony: elected on a promise to end Washington gridlock, Clinton may get re-elected as the guarantor of gridlock. He is Horatius at the bridge, our lonely defender against the Newtite hordes. Or (less partisan version): Americans have discovered that they like gridlock, as a protection against the excesses of both parties. They have not turned against the Republican vision of smaller government--they just...
...television became a virtual arm of the Yeltsin campaign, a crucial change that actually came fairly easily. With none of the more democratic candidates breaking through in the polls, most Russian journalists came to regard Yeltsin as the only effective bulwark against the Communists--and thus the best guarantor of their own careers...
Dudayev: The U.S. could play the most vital role as a guarantor of any potential agreements as well as a partner interested in producing and transporting oil and in maintaining stability...
...shores, but American leadership can define the norms of international conduct that will regulate the future relations among states. During the Cold War, the Western powers achieved an unprecedented degree of international cooperation through the NATO alliance. We must now continue this cooperation in establishing the Alliance as a guarantor of European security...
...human rights: We favor an American presence in Uzbekistan and Central Asia as a guarantor of our democratic development, but you've got to help us, rather than assume moralistic poses. We will build democratic institutions -- but keeping in mind our own special circumstances. Do you think it was possible to create other political parties in a state long-dominated by the Communist Party? We aligned ourselves by the stars atop the Kremlin, and you suddenly expect us to have a democratic state in only two years? Why should this issue become a stumbling block in relations with Uzbekistan...