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Weakened during his first 20 weeks in office, Clinton appears to be seeking the path of least resistance. He is hosting small dinner parties for the Washington insiders he once vowed to ignore. He withdrew from hard-nosed budget bargaining in part to avoid further loss of political capital. Some...
An amiably hard-nosed international businessman describes how he faced down a moralizing junior, then recalls that his wife asked, "Did you have to do your Bugsy Siegel routine?" The wife, a no-longer-loyal corporate helpmeet, recounts warning other corporate wives of what they may face on duty abroad...
Because of their big brains, genial smiles and noble foreheads, dolphins have long attracted human champions quite willing to credit the marine mammals with all sorts of higher mental abilities. To a hard-nosed scientist, however, the noble forehead is a housing for sonar gear, the upturned smile is an...
Need some big hits to fire Harvard up? Call the utility line. Need a goal to snap a scary scoreless drought? Call the utility line. Need some good old fashion hard-nosed hockey? You know what to do. You know who to call.
This is not your father's White House. If anything, it's your daughter's. Gone is the strict Bush dress code that required skirts for women and forbade beards for men. In its place are not just the usual gray suits but also women in pants, tieless men in...