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...group's two nonlawyers. He was, from time to time, made fun of by his Judiciary peers, but the former songwriter eventually proved himself with his expertise on intellectual-property issues. "He had a native intelligence that caused him to be very effective," says committee chairman Orrin Hatch. "He was bluntly honest...
...trying for months to spark public anger over the vacancies (now up to 82, about 1 out of 10 judgeships), only to have Senate Republicans lay the problem on Clinton's "activist" choices. Now, with Rehnquist blaming the Senate, Clinton is stepping up the pressure. When Judiciary chairman ORRIN HATCH returns to Washington, he will find as many as 20 more nominations joining the 42 already pending. The White House is not overly optimistic about this plan. G.O.P. Senators are still mad over Clinton's end-run appointment of BILL LANN LEE as acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights...
...there is a spate of new books focused on slaves and enslavers. Velma Maia Thomas offers Lest We Forget (Crown; $29.95), an interactive children's book serious enough for parents. Readers remove slave sale receipts from envelopes and pull back a paper ship hatch to find slaves stacked like cordwood. British historian Hugh Thomas (no relation) has published The Slave Trade (Simon & Schuster; $37.50). Tracking the barter of Africans from 1440 to 1870, Thomas ranges through Europe, Arabia, Africa and the Americas. As societies spin and tug at one another like a warped solar system, a sad message emerges...
...Orrin Hatch, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee that was delaying Lee's confirmation, had left the door open for such a move on Sunday, calling it "not as much of a finger in the eye" for a Senate that dislikes Lee's steadfast support of affirmative action...
...Some 2,000 turkey poults hatch at the Tar Heel Turkey Hatchery in Raeford...