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...positive meeting overall" and warned reporters "not to rush off and immediately try to find some way to get a catfight started." For his part, Clinton said he would be glad to sign the first piece of legislation now racing through Congress: one that will force the body to obey the same rules that apply to private businesses. "My job is to work with them and to try to help build this country, and that's what I'm going to do," Clinton said...
...rule-changing binge that may last over 12 hours. As laid out in the GOP's "Contract With America," the changes will include cutting committee staffs by one-third, requiring three-fifths majorities to boost income taxes and applying all the laws that private citizens and businesses must obey to Congress itself. Senators, on the other hand, are expected to "go off to their receptions after they are sworn in," says TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. The reason for the lopsided performance? "Republicans haven't had control of the House for so long, they really want to show people what...
Ending all ties would be a symbol of Harvard's stand against discrimination. Symbols are fine--they are often very powerful. But a symbol must obey the dictum "do no harm." Cutting all ties would do much harm...
...organization that some assert is devoted solely to promoting Gingrich and his ideas. His Democratic challenger in Georgia two weeks ago claimed that GOPAC spends nearly $2 million a year and was illegally contributing four times as much to candidates as was permitted by law. Says Gingrich: "We legally obey every regulation. I understand my critics are fixated and pathologically disoriented, but they're my opponents. Why would I try to correct that?" As for the substance of the complaint, he adds, "It's crazy, dishonorable, dishonest, and I think he knows that...
With Clinton's approval in hand, Jonassaint signed the agreement. The Defense Minister quit on the spot. Cedras sat mute. Then Powell asked him point-blank if he would accept the agreement. Cedras stood erect and pledged his word of honor that he would "obey the command of my president...