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Meanwhile, as it began to appear that Foley had given up, the whispered criticisms among fickle Capitol Hill insiders grew louder. They have always regarded his speakership as something of an accident. But only five years ago, his gentle dignity and judicious temperament were hailed as just what the House needed after his predecessor, Jim Wright, resigned amid scandal. Now those qualities of Foley's are more often seen as weakness -- something his party cannot afford in the face of the strongest and most confrontational Republican force in decades. Sniped a Democratic House aide: "Many of us are hoping that...
...cashed in with the opportunity to create purpose out of misery. The purpose is revenge; slow, torturous, deadly revenge. How satisfying to watch Grace race about the stage straightening and fussing, talking herself into a frenzy and pretending she cannot hear while Todd reiterates the four letter disease louder and louder. And for Dad, a full, five-year sexual history chock-full of moves that don't even sound fun for Todd suffocating in someone's butt? Some how just thinking about masochism gives Todd satisfaction. Screaming about it at Arthur is orgasmic redemption...
...close your eyes. You see a television screen, and two basketball teams are playing. You can only hear one voice, soft at first, but getting louder and louder. It is...Dick Vitale...
...feelers came with increasing frequency as Washington beat the war drums louder. Last week U.S. intelligence intercepted communications from Cedras to colleagues in which he said he would determine his course after seeing how the American people reacted to Clinton's speech Thursday night. Publicly, both sides put on a vigorous display of bluster. Clinton in effect called the Cedras clique a gang of murderers. He ticked off a catalogue of their atrocities -- "executing children, raping women, killing priests" and said the U.S. had only one message for them: "Your time is up. Leave now, or we will force...
...lawmakers to take up resolutions opposing an invasion, which, if a vote took place, were likely to pass overwhelmingly. Critics already were denouncing an invasion ordered without the legislature's approval as unconstitutional, and TIME's poll showed that 67% of the public agreed. Opponents would scream all the louder if the President acted not just without the consent of Congress but after it had declared its official opposition. The White House, however, hopes the Carter mission would soften some congressional wrath by demonstrating that Clinton had made an honest try to avoid shooting...