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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...step up its response, it does not want to launch too strong an attack out of fear it won't deter Saddam. "If you go to some heavier response and Saddam doesn't respond the way you like, the question is when do you stop," Thompson says. "You can highlight your impotence if you ratchet up worry and he doesn't get the message." Scot Woods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Prepares Response To Iraq | 9/11/1996 | See Source »

...longer be ignored as a political force and groups like College Democrats will highlight that and further empower young people...

Author: By Malka A. Older, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Young Democrats Play Major Role in Chicago Convention | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

...said Sunday they would not discourage speakers from speaking against the welfare bill or the party's support of abortion rights. "We're not afraid of debate," said party chairman Christopher Dodd. One of Clinton's most vocal critics on the welfare issue, Jesse Jackson, said the convention should highlight the unity, not the discord, in the party. "In 1968, when the issue was warfare, the big tent split and we lost," Jackson said. "Now, the issue is welfare, the big tent must not split." Vice President Al Gore already began the effort to ease the fears of liberals about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Express | 8/26/1996 | See Source »

Clinton has been consistent on the subject of kids and smoking--he wants to restrict cartoonish ads, pressure businesses to do away with cigarette machines and classify nicotine as a drug that is subject to federal regulation, all of which Dole opposes. "What I seek to highlight is the difference in our policies," Clinton said last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: PEERING THROUGH THE SMOKE | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...Palestinians have kept their side of that bargain," says Silver. "Even Netanyahu has to admit that the Palestinians has been cooperating very effectively with Israel on security matters." For a Congress that has passed legislation mandating that the U.S. move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the highlight of the speech came when Netanyahu declared forcefully that Jerusalem will never again be divided. In an effort to encourage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the Clinton administration has said that the status of Jerusalem should be settled in negotiations. -->