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...Christmas (which he had graciously signed despite the fact that my well-meaning mother had sent him a Joe Namath ball), I decided I was through with the game then and there. I think I suspected that there are a finite number of broken hearts a girl can mend, and knew to save up the bandages for the important stuff, like unrequited love or the cancellation of Melrose Place...
...your story about the possible vice-presidential picks of George W. Bush and Al Gore [NATION, July 17], I was a little surprised to see Defense Secretary Bill Cohen as a possible Veep pick by Gore. Choosing the token Republican in the Clinton Cabinet is hardly the way to mend fences with Democratic liberals who are toying with supporting Ralph Nader's Green Party candidacy. The choice of Cohen would just add credence to Nader's line that the big parties are mirror images of each other. JOHN T. ZELAZO Adams, Mass...
...Donaldson has his way, it won't be the last; he's already struck a deal with the Texas attorney general making similar concessions. Since taking over a few months ago from Richard Huber, the combative CEO who was forced out, Donaldson has been trying his best to mend the HMO giant's sickly relations with doctors and members, who view it as putting profits ahead of patients...
Clinton's trip to India was a symbolic gesture to mend the rift between the two countries--and it succeeded. While critics again claimed that a simple trip abroad could not resolve decades of testy relations, it did. Clinton met with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi for extensive talks on the nuclear test ban treaty; he met with business leaders in the bustling technology capital of Hyderabad; he met with Indian women to share their concerns over views of the female in traditional Indian culture. The large protest groups expected were small gatherings; the bottles thrown...
...slumber. On the contrary, the accompanying inflation indicator, the GDP price deflator, actually came in belowthe figure reported a month ago. And the good news didn't end there: U.S. exports rose by 10.1 percent (2.3 percent above last year's increase), suggesting the world economy is on the mend and holding the promise of some desperately needed relief in the U.S. trade deficit...