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...then made a last-ditch effort and went to the Science Center basement. The Every Mac was in use (the program I needed was Mac-only), so I joined in "organic queue of folks waiting for machines to become free...
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell declared health care reform dead for this session of Congress, joining Republicans who rang the death knell last week -- and blaming them, too. The Maine Democrat on Friday made a last-ditch effort to round up a filibuster-proof 60 votes for a moderate health package, but the GOP and a few opposing Democrats held firm. Mitchell also ignored a group of liberal lawmakers who wanted a stripped-down reform package that would cover children. The next chapter: November, when the Election Day blame game begins...
...last-ditch resupply mission bails cosmonauts out of trouble...
...President hits the TV airwaves at 8 p.m. EDT to take his case for health-care reform to the people -- and to fight a slight 40 percent approval rating. The news conference has shaped up as Clinton's last-ditch attempt to pressure Congress for meaningful reform before summer's end. Also on the agenda: Haiti and Rwanda.WHILE THE PRESIDENT explains himself, join us in Time Daily News Chat to critique his performance, beginning...
...heart of a last-ditch peace effort offered by the so-called contact group of the U.S., Russia, Britain, France and Germany. Under their rules, hedging was unacceptable, and the two sides were expected to take the plan or leave it. When the proposal was presented to the Muslim-led Bosnian government and the Serb rebels on July 6, it came with an ultimatum: if they turned it down, they would be punished. The Bosnian government signed on without conditions. But the Serbs, who have never met a peace plan they liked, coolly called the bluff. Foreign ministers...