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...generations. Not even the eternal optimists at the Clinton White House, where the grand strategy of keeping intact as many provisions as possible for as long as possible has more or less collapsed, were prepared for the theatrical skirmishing that surrounded the unofficial start of the congressional health- care marathon. Clinton and his aides struggled last week to maintain their footing as business groups ridiculed the plan, the Governors stopped short of a full endorsement, and new questions emerged about who would pay more under the President's approach. Clinton, who in his State of the Union speech acknowledged that...
...assumed the role of spokesman for Russians who protested reform with their antigovernment votes in December, and he is apparently positioning himself for a run in the 1996 presidential election. He and Yeltsin warred repeatedly last week over the new Cabinet, including one six-hour, face-to-face marathon...
...about hockey in Dallas? And not in Minnesota? What's next, baseball in Siberia? Maybe a marathon in Death Valley...
...defense, the Crimson hung tough. Led by Chelius and senior goalie Brooke Donahoe (also nine saves), the Crimson stymied the Big Red offense through the marathon affair...
...soon release a "bipartisan" report detailing managed competition's effect on the budget. Why not, Pollack said, let his group put numbers out? Clinton agreed. That way the numbers would be available but could not be directly linked to Clinton's plan. Two days later, after a 48-hour marathon of speech writing, Clinton spelled out his new, improved plan to an audience at the Merck pharmaceutical company in New Jersey. Clinton's blueprint for reform was now in place...