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...terror would not deter the U.S. from fulfilling its mission in Saudi Arabia and around the Persian Gulf. In the aftermath of last week's deaths, however, it is appropriate to ask what exactly that mission is and whether the U.S. is carrying it out in the most sensible manner...
Coffey said that Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 subsequently "humiliated" the students during the interview, addressing them in a condescending manner in front of one of the candidates when a student asked a question answered on the resume...
...someone who professes not to be a politician, Dole is a helluva campaigner. At her speaking engagements, she leaps out from behind the lectern and wades into the audience, Oprah-style. But the spontaneity is well rehearsed. Her campaign manner is Southern-fried Kabuki: every line, every smile, every knowing aside, every haa-haa-haa has been tested and practiced until the timing is just...
...Marshal in the Witness Protection Program, Arnold is really Special Agent in Charge of Blowing Stuff Up. Is he human? No, he's super- and sub-. He can outshoot, outpunch and outthink any adversary; he survives all manner of impalement. Hell, he can even type. And he has the superhero's belief in his own invincibility. Unarmed and surrounded by villains pointing heavy artillery at him, Arnold tells his main captor, "If you drop your gun, I promise I won't kill...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: New Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, elected Wednesday, insists that he will concentrate first on filling Bob Dole's shoes, rather than changing the style of the Senate: "Our agenda will be the same as Bob Dole laid out for us." Lott, whose manner is tougher than Dole's, reassured reporters after the Senate vote that he will not set a more combative tone in his chamber. TIME's James Carney reports: "Even though Lott retains close ties to the House, especially to Newt Gingrich who studied at his knee, he has become wise to the ways...