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...that the Massachusetts Governor was below "ambassador quality" and that he did not want to send drug-soaked Mexico a man he characterized as soft on drugs. (Weld approves of medicinal marijuana.) Although a fiscal conservative, Weld is too liberal on things like abortion and gay rights to pass muster with Helms. And the Senator still harbors a grudge against Weld, a former U.S. prosecutor, for resigning from the Reagan Justice Department in 1988 and taking a swipe at then Attorney General Ed Meese on his way out the door...
...pass a law overturning them. Support for the EPA crosses party lines: Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato of New York announced last week that he'd fight any attempt to weaken the rules. And even if Congress passes legislation to overturn the rules, opponents would probably be unable to muster enough votes to override a presidential veto...
...euro," says Pierre Lellouche, a foreign policy adviser to Chirac. Seeking to calm such fears, Jospin said last week that his promised economic measures would be introduced only gradually. Quicker action is urged by the Communists, who hold three Cabinet posts and whose 39 votes Jospin needs to muster a majority in the Assembly...
Maryland, the eventual national champion, could only muster five first-half goals on Harvard, while No. 2 Loyola did not run away until it had some fast-break goals...
...incident that the military's rules governing sexual behavior may be too rigid. Cohen is expected to make his recommendation for Joint Chiefs Chair in a week. But growing public outcry may make confirmation difficult, meaning that while conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentlemen may pass the of muster the Defense Secretary, it might not get past the Senate...