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...senior U.S. official today said President Clinton's plan to give Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams a warm White House reception Friday represents a leap of faith that risks upsetting the delicate peace between Britain and Northern Ireland. In testimony before a House committee, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke added that the onus is on Adams to make sure he doesn't go too far while trying to raise money in the U.S. "The president has taken a risk on behalf of peace by permitting limited fundraising by Sinn Fein," Holbrooke said. "The ball is in their court...
...four years in a President's shadow. If Powell wants the top job, now may be his time. A big book tour will take him to at least 20 cities around the country in September. From that blizzard of free publicity, Powell's promoters figure it's no big leap to New Hampshire and beyond. If so, the motto of the campaign will have to be the last of the 13 rules Powell kept under the glass of his Pentagon desk: "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier...
What's more, the Crimson played the fundamentals much better than it has in the past. Two stats leap off of the box score--steals and turnovers. Harvard had 12 steals and three give-aways; Cornell earned zero...
Like "Hypnotised," each song on the album each focuses on some aspect of the search for a spiritual truth in postmodern times--redemption ("Great Leap Forward" and "My Life"), faith ("This Time") and courage again ("And The Band Played...
...tender moments of bathing his weak-brained old dad. His ability to span this emotional range saves "Federal Hill" from a nearly one-sided tone of frenetic boyish energy. While Nicky and his other friends clearly demonstrate their desire to become good men, their performances never quite make the leap from edgy conversation and bravado into deep feeling...