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...Rights was basically written by people who had overthrown a government 13 years before," he notes. "They had no great confidence that the new Federal Government would turn out acceptably." But even he admits that "courts are likely to rule that Congress can do almost anything short of an outright prohibition of owning guns...
...production of Henry IV, Part 2 raises many important issues. Visually engaging--if not outright beautiful--and intellectually challenging, it presents a vivid, funny and melancholy depiction of a young. person's attempt to grow up. It's a must see for all those who cannot sleep well during these critical times...
...voting was so schizophrenic that runoffs will take place next week in many of the major races, often between polar opposites. Only one candidate won outright. Sicilians elected charismatic Leoluca Orlando, 46, mayor of Palermo, on his promise to drive the Mafia out of Italy...
Halperin is only the latest in a line of liberal Clinton nominees who have either been dumped outright or forced to sit on their hands while right-wing lawmakers fulminate and filibuster against their views. Roberta Achtenberg, Clinton's assistant secretary for fair housing, was kept from her job for months while North Carolina's Jesse Helms denounced her as a "showpiece of the homosexual movement." Meanwhile, Walter Dellinger, now an assistant Attorney General, was in limbo for six months because Helms and Lauch Faircloth, also of North Carolina, took offense at Dellinger's record of reasoned -- though pointedly liberal...
...admit it. Thomas Mooney, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Rochester, New York, is puzzled over why the area's stated jobless rate is below 5% despite brutal payroll slashing by Eastman Kodak, the region's biggest employer. His conclusion: many Kodak workers were not laid off outright but were coaxed or pushed into early retirement, and "an awful lot of those people become consultants. Whether or not they have any clients, I don't know. But if they get a call asking if they are working, they may say they're consultants, and then they're listed...