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...direction of his own plan. That one is even more scaled down, offering mostly subsidies and insurance reforms. By showing his peaceable side, Dole will offend the tooth- and-claw wing of the G.O.P., who say they have more to gain this November by denying Democrats any hint of a victory on health care. But as a congressional leader and presidential hopeful, Dole has to worry about leaving voters with the impression that obstructionism is a Republican Party principle. Though he had opposed cigarette taxes as a financing mechanism, Dole indicated that now he would accept...
Speculation about Kim's future has grown rapidly over recent days. First, anti-Kim Jong Il leaflets appeared around the diplomatic quarter in well- policed Pyongyang. Then an official radio broadcast ostensibly supported Kim's succession as the national leader but may have dropped a hint of a possible power struggle. If the succession "failed to be resolved correctly," it warned, "acts of betrayal by ambitious people" could bring disaster to the party and the revolution. Finally, Japanese press reports said Kim had turned down an invitation to Beijing...
Oddities and nonhappenings hint at trouble...
...White House is more concerned about bringing along conservative Democrats like Georgia's Sam Nunn and David Boren of Oklahoma, who have made it clear that even a hint of employer mandates could be too much. "To have any chance," Boren insists, "we must knock out the triggered mandate." The fate of Mitchell's plan may lie in the hands of a dozen or so Senators in both parties, including Boren, Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republicans John Chafee of Rhode Island and Missouri's John Danforth...
...There are no new street musicians. You can see the same ones all summer long. I know that Tracy Chapman got her start in the Square, but she was probably the last one to leave. You'd think the guy with the little dog would take a hint...