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Lame duck be damned - President Clinton wants to canter, if not gallop, through his last year in office. His swan song State of the Union address Thursday outlined a wide-ranging laundry list of new initiatives, from a modest tax break to big spending initiatives in health care and education, and pressed his Republican opponents on gun control and on a patients' bill of rights. "This is an ambitious agenda for a lame-duck presidency," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "But then his popularity is very high compared with, say, Ronald Reagan...
...wait patiently for his turn to answer questions but jumps in to defend himself when one of his opponents attacks. And he is no longer too cautious to take a verbal swing at a rival, as he has proved of late by gleefully maligning McCain's economic plan of modest tax cuts and debt reduction as something only a liberal like Al Gore could love. Aides have also backed off. Rather than grilling Bush right up until air time before debates and sending him out on stage rattled, handlers have allowed the Governor plenty of time to rest beforehand...
...earning $31,300 a year would see her income-tax bill disappear. The benefits of McCain's plan are focused almost entirely on the middle class--single people and couples earning between $25,000 and $70,000. For everyone else, the poor and the rich, the payoff is modest...
...Angelo and his crew--Brian, Pee-Wee and a third member, Malcolm--stop off at the Jackson Ward Cafe. It's a modest, cafeteria-style place. D'Angelo orders chicken, corn bread and greens, and you sit down. You have a lot to ask. Voodoo is a richly imagined CD with an all-star supporting cast: drummer Ahmir ("?uestlove") Thompson (his nickname is pronounced "Questlove") of the hip-hop band the Roots, jazzman Roy Hargrove, rappers Method Man and Redman. The music blends hip-hop with smooth soul and gritty funk. The songs don't rush to please, like puppy...
...Harvard's eastern edge a neighborhood of modest row houses bumps against the University Art Museums, offices and the Law School's parking garage...