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...this crucial moment it is not clear that anyone with stature also has the means and the will to nail down a deal. Early last week Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a friend of Starr's, tried to lay the foundation; he spent 20 minutes on the phone with Clinton, and though he didn't speak to Starr, has a good sense of how the guy ticks. Hatch imagined that the country might be spared a year of unnecessary public hanging if Clinton confessed more publicly and contritely than before, if the House agreed to a censure, and if Starr could...
...lay-out is special," Baillargeon says. "I mean, it's not as dramatic as San Francisco, but it's interesting...
Without raising his voice, Mandela responded, "If you so much as lay a hand on me, I will take you to the highest court in the land, and, when I finish with you, you will be poor as a church mouse...
...Turner said. And he'd lay money on Tyson, despite Mike's Maryland adventure...
...owning as few as 10 stocks spread among several industries. Why, then, does the average stock mutual fund hold 134 companies? It's as confounding as the frenetic trading that goes on in many funds--even though the very fund managers triggering the trades preach patience to their investors. Lay the blame on pressure for short-term results, if you like. But these paradoxes seem idiotic to me and probably help explain why most funds fail to keep pace with the market. They don't practice selectivity and patience...