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...Democrats cited as possible candidates, only Jesse Jackson is showing signs of running. Nevertheless, skittishness over the possibility of a Democratic challenger is driving most of the tactical decision making by Clinton's campaign advisers, led by deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes. "The first order of business," says a top Clinton aide, "is to make sure we don't have a primary opponent." To that end, Clinton has been turning to traditional party constituencies with public offerings. Among them: his proposal to increase the minimum wage, a move favored by unions, and his effort to turn the fight...
...think the old-timers resent a lot of the growth," says Harold B. Richards, owner of Alisa's Restaurant, a sandwich shop on the corner of Spring and Second Streets. "Most of my customers come from the businesses or the construction sites...
...also represents something of a palace coup. The Gang's return is the latest and by far the strongest indication that the star of Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes is eclipsing that of his nominal boss, Leon Panetta. One of Panetta's first acts last summer was to all but roust the consultants from the West Wing. He barred them from appearing on TV or in the Oval Office without his permission, and he conducted a none-too-private search for people to replace them. But Ickes had different ideas. In recent weeks he and his protege, newly appointed...
...Tuesday, Judge Sporkin flatly rejected the consent decree-a rebuke of the kind not seen since 1982, when Judge Harold Greene ordered that the AT&T breakup agreement be modified to boost the competitive chances of the Baby Bells. Then, two days later, Attorney General Janet Reno appealed Sporkin's decision, vowing to fight it, with Microsoft's help, in court. In effect, the trust busters had become the allies of the trust they had vowed to bust...
...extended to deities--the right to make a statement unsupported by any sort of evidence or argument. In short, a heavenly pronouncement. What could be more arrogant and wrong-headed? It is this sort of pronouncement--unsupported by any pretense of argument--which speakers such as Camille Paglia and Harold Bloom make. It is this type of thoughtless statement which leaves thoughtful observers unwilling to take such people seriously...