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...neutered himself. By last week Clinton's near silence on why he pardoned fugitive tax swindler Marc Rich and assorted other highflyers and lowlifes was getting a little spooky. It was time to tap on the lid of the trunk and see if Houdini was still alive in there. Now he got help from the Old Guard, the magician's assistants who had stuck by him through thick and thin and thick. Here came faithful fund raiser Beth Dozoretz, who we learn was cleared by the Secret Service to visit the White House 76 times in the past two years...
...toyed with the newly-polished lid of the pudding pot, Hopkins said he plans to bring the award back to his home in California--and place it next to his Oscar...
Gore had kept a lid on his allies: when Jesse Jackson rallied thousands in West Palm Beach and Miami on the two days after the election, the Vice President put out an order through Daley that there would be no more of that from any of his backers. The atmosphere in South Florida was already too charged, he argued. Early on, Gore opted not to go to West Palm Beach himself and make an appearance with supporters who feared they had mistakenly voted for Pat Buchanan...
...shepherd Bush's legislative agenda, House aides and Bush advisers told TIME. Rather than choose favorites, Bush's aides have mostly emphasized that Bush hopes to see lawmakers who agree with his policies installed as chairmen of the key committees. Bush allies in Congress have tried to keep a lid on Bush's involvement to head off charges that he is meddling in congressional prerogatives...
...sure to discover is the one that makes all adult humans regret that they didn't stick with piano lessons. I lasted only a year, when I was 12. This summer, on vacation, I passed a mahogany upright in a hotel lobby, and my fingers itched to open its lid and conjugate the verb "to tinkle." Of course, there was a sign taped to it that read, "Please do not play the piano." No problem. They might as well have asked me to please refrain from solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...