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...also difficult to blame a group of representatives for their lack of focus when, a mile and a half down Pennsylvania Avenue, the President himself must grapple with a narrow mandate and astigmatic "vision." Clinton's footfalls have been many and often; why should those of junior members of Congress be sure and steady...
...women's team forged ahead early, propelled by a first and second in the mile run and a complete sweep of the 55-meter hurdles...
...mile charter flight from Miami to Havana went as planned until the final approach to the airport. Suddenly the pilot announced a landing delay because of unexpected congestion. "The problem wasn't other planes but cows on the runway. We ended up circling for 25 minutes until they were cleared away," said TIME senior editor Johanna McGeary on her return from a two-week reporting assignment that led to this week's cover story...
...still, and the just perceptible noise of cars speeding the parkway one mile away was the only sound we heard. For some reason, only one or two planes flew overhead. Appropriately, neither of us spoke, except to point out the occasional lights of interest...
Hosokawa was cautious about the implications of his Diet victory. "There is a saying that 99 miles are only halfway for a traveler on a 100-mile journey," he said. "We're not halfway there yet." Political analysts contend, however, that change is irrevocably taking hold. "There is a progressive unraveling of the old system," says Kent Calder, director of the U.S.-Japan program at Princeton University. "I think we are in a reinforcing cycle of change, where one thing leads to another and unlocks new possibilities. It is a building revolution...