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However, a senior Clinton aide says of the President, "He gets it now. He knows what people want. After the election, he is not going to suddenly veer left and start proposing big Old Democrat solutions. Joycelyn Elders is not coming back, O.K.? No Lani Guinier." Moreover, given a continuing effort to balance the budget and the certainty that Republicans will retain a powerful voice in Congress--possibly still a majority--there will be neither money nor votes for any grandiose schemes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: THE LEARNING CURVE | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...Surgeon General, it was because "you can't have an abortionist as America's family doctor." On the stump, Department of Education employees become "some guy in sandals and beads...telling us how to teach American history," and the Democrats are "the party of national health insurance and Joycelyn Elders." His campaign speech is made up of lines he has honed carefully. "You work on it and you work on it and you work on it," he says. "And then you get the cheer line that comes to you. You try it again. And then you get it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PAT BUCHANAN SOLUTION | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

...cited several instances of national figures barred from holding government positions because of controversial views, including Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who was dismissed, and Lani Guinier '71, whose nomination for Attorney General was blocked...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Law Prof. Says Academic Freedom May Be at Risk | 10/20/1995 | See Source »

Henry Foster countered family values with family values. The Christian Coalition had been running full-page ads against him that screamed "If You Liked [former U.S. Surgeon General] Joycelyn Elders, You'll Love Henry Foster." A spokeswoman for the Family Research Council, a conservative think tank, declared that anyone who votes for Foster "will regret it when it comes to election time." Indeed, Republican presidential candidates cannot afford to alienate the pro-life wing by allowing Foster to be confirmed as Surgeon General; and last week, Senate majority leader Bob Dole threatened to withhold a full-floor vote on Foster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DOCTOR IN THE LION'S DEN | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

...replacement for the controversial Joycelyn Elders, President Clinton nominated Henry Foster Jr., a Nashville, Tennessee, obstetrician-gynecologist and acting head of Meharry Medical College, to become the new U.S. Surgeon General. The President said he wanted Foster, the founder of a Nashville program aimed at delaying teen sexual activity through counseling, job training and medical services, to focus on battling the nation's ``epidemic of teen pregnancies and unmarried pregnancies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4 | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

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