Word: ironclads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shalala's confirmation hearing, New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan noted that "this week there has been rather a clatter of campaign promises being tossed out the window." Asked at a press conference whether he considered any campaign promise to be "ironclad," Clinton replied that he must "respond to changing circumstances." (See cover stories, beginning on page...
...follow-up. Bill relies on the staff to keep him organized." Betsey Wright, who served as Clinton's gubernatorial chief of staff, views Hillary as the "process" person in the Clinton political partnership. "She's the facilitator for making certain that the decisions he is leaning toward are ironclad," says Wright. "And by asking him the questions and walking him through scenarios and playing devil's advocate, she keeps other people from imposing things on him. She has the trial lawyer's ((ability)) to punch a hole in an argument -- and she'll keep punching until he fixes...
...breeze with staff members into the wee hours, as he likes to do. Hillary herself ensures that Clinton's Arkansas supporters are properly used in his presidential quest. Says campaign aide Betsy Wright: "She has the analytic ability to make certain that the decisions he is leaning toward are ironclad." Mrs. Clinton is certain to be one of the key players in the room when her husband finally sits down to prepare for his crucial -- though still unscheduled -- debates with President Bush...
...arrangement was supposed to be cut and dried, even ironclad. Not only did it designate Nicholas J. Nicholas Jr. the sole heir to Steve Ross as head of Time Warner Inc. The 1989 merger agreement that created the world's largest media company also spelled out the date of his accession -- five years in advance. As of 1994, Ross, while remaining chairman, would step aside as co- chief executive officer, and president Nicholas would become the sole...
Although the Administration considers these agreements to be ironclad, Presidents of the Commonwealth of Independent States have been jockeying for power since the formation of that body, and the lingering fear of Russian dominance may yet make the nuclear card a hard one for other republics to discard...