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...Walden to deal quietly with despair. And in the moments of silence Americans devote to contemplating the probable causes of the horrors of Oklahoma, another venerable piece of Thoreau's advice should resurface: "It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." --Reported by Sam Allis/Boston and Nina Burleigh, James Carney and Douglas Waller/Washington
...address last Saturday, Clinton said he had ordered Attorney General Janet Reno to report within a week on how to make the school gun ban constitutional. In the meantime, Alfonso Lopez is heading to a place where firearms are not a problem. He is joining the Marines. -Reported by Nina Burleigh and J.F.O. McAllister/Washington and Andrea Sachs/New York
...bombing. Though criticized, he still warned darkly of "serious allegations of government involvement" that his office is probing. "More people die from skiing every year than are hurt by militias," says Duke. What critics are calling "ultraright," he adds, is "really just people that believe in the Constitution." --By Nina Burleigh/ Washington. With reporting by Hilary Hylton/ Austin and Richard Woodbury/Denver
...Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.Dak.) believes Dr. Henry Foster now has the votes to winconfirmation as Surgeon General, the nomination still faces a few hurdles, most notably whether Majority Leader Bob Dole will allow the nomination out of committee. Dole hasn't tipped his hand, but TIME Washington correspondent Nina Burleigh says it looks like he may follow through on his threat to refuse to call up the nomination for a full Senate vote. On Thursday, Dole defended his right to do so, noting in a letter to Daschle that 161 GOP nominations were blocked from 1987 to 1992. Burleigh...
...Richard Lacayo. Reported by Nina Burleigh/Washington and Adam Cohen/New York