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There probably is no easy way for the loser to endure the transition of presidential power. He is faced with the exuberance of the winner, impatient to get into the White House. He is surrounded with the political disarray of his expiring Administration. By most measures, the change from Bush to Bill Clinton will be less traumatic than others. The anti-Bush tide was running for weeks. Only blind fanatics -- and that does not include Bush -- could see a good chance of redemption in the last campaign days...
Resentment of the political establishment weighed heavily too. Brian Mulroney, already the most unpopular Prime Minister in the history of Canadian polling, was a big loser. According to one survey, his campaigning for the accord created twice as many no votes as yesses. Aboriginal peoples -- Indians and Inuit (Eskimos) -- also suffered badly. The rejected constitution would have granted them greatly increased self-government...
...crisis. In his latest orchestration, Soros reaped profits to the tune of $1 billion by staking seven-digit sums of leveraged cash on a future drop in the value of the lira and pound sterling. Amid Europe's ongoing currency flux, Soros could have easily come out a big loser. But when the pound tumbled, his risky triumph delighted investors in the Soros-run Quantum Fund and peeved officials in Western Europe's vulnerable central banks, who were forced to cough up billions to prop up slipping currencies. Perhaps the banks' anger was just; speculators can push a currency...
...rosy for female candidates last night. The most notable loser was Democrat Lynn Yeakel in Pennsylvania. Yeakel, who had said the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas inspired her to run for Senate, lost to incumbent Arlen Specter. Specter was criticized for his harsh questioning of Anita Hill during the Thomas hearings...
WHILE THE GETTING'S GOOD The President looks and sounds like a loser, so his Administration is in disarray: the CIA is quarreling with Justice, the State Department is accused of dirty tricks, and James Baker is missing in action. No wonder Bush aides are preparing to flee like rats from a sinking ship...