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...this presidential campaign has been less about policy than about progress. Dole sees change as an ordeal, a test of his toughness; Clinton sees it as an opportunity, a test of his flexibility. Clinton has learned to welcome uncertainty for the gifts it might bring; Dole has learned to put it through a metal detector. And so with a week to go and a 20-point spread in the polls, it may not be much of a race anymore; but it certainly is a choice...
Though cleared of bribery and racketeering charges after a seven-week trial this summer, the 17-term McDade did not emerge unscathed from his four-year legal ordeal--he was passed over by his party for chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee and suffered two strokes during the trial. Still, he has been so successful in taking care of his constituents over the past three decades that some believe even a conviction would not have turned voters' heads...
Richard Jewell's ordeal should remind us how quickly our news media can turn into tools of gossip and slander. The news media has a right and a responsibility to report on issues that concern us as citizens. That includes the right and the responsibility to report on law enforcement investigations and court proceedings. But where there is a right there is not always a responsibility. Sometimes, the news media has a right to report but a responsibility...
...know anybody who ever had cancer--or if you ever had it yourself--you know the ordeal that Jo Daly has gone through. When she started chemotherapy for colon cancer, the side effects included a "nuclear implosion" of nausea. Then came a burning pain under the nails of her fingers and toes. The good news is that she eventually found relief. The bad news is that it came from marijuana, which is not available by legal means. Worse news is that Daly is a former member of the San Francisco police commission, the body that regulates the police department. Even...
...even half a day," she says. After all the pressure, she had a "momentary freak-out" half an hour before the first taping. "I was pacing around in my office and expressing tremendous anxiety. It all just came out. I was exhausted." The stars, too, sound relieved that the ordeal is over. "From the beginning, we poured our heart and soul into this," says Steenburgen. "Diane's biographical work on who these people are feels much more right...