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Officials claim the security fiasco isn't as bad as it sounds; they insist the intruders, who at one point were left unsupervised (still holding their briefcases) in the CIA building, were never in contact with any classified material. Only by choice, it would seem, when one considers that GAO agents were allowed to roam freely through the office suites of Attorney General Janet Reno and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. And while neither official was present during this particular encroachment, their absence was due to luck, rather than security measures. Predictably, federal security officials claim that reports...
...building's management company, IDM Inc., has said the Bow may then move back in, though bar operators insist they can't pay higher rents...
Obviously, the ALA is not interested in whether it is hurting anyone's feelings - it just wants to ensure that city dwellers have clean air to breathe. Responding to EPA criticism, officials at the Lung Association insist their analysis and report card serves to focus valuable public attention on smog's burgeoning threat to the elderly and young, as well as to asthma sufferers of all ages. Many in the medical community tend to agree. "Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics...
...Congressman who last week was busy working up interest in his candidacy; and Ted Forstmann, a millionaire financier known for his $50 million voucher program to send poor children to private schools. Forstmann's appeal lies in the fact that he could pay his own way, but G.O.P. strategists insist money won't be a problem. "If you or I ran against Hillary Clinton, we'd raise $20 million in no time," says Kieran Mahoney, a consultant close to the G.O.P. leadership...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D's. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...