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Frustrated with their intransigence, Clinton finally pulled out a trump card: a badly weakened King Hussein of Jordan, in the U.S. for treatment of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Gaunt and hairless, the King lectured the leaders and their aides. "You can't afford for this to fail," he said. "You owe this to your people, to your children, to future generations." For an hour afterward, his eloquence lifted the mood. When it waned, Clinton tried his own stagecraft. Patient and receptive so far, the President stormed out of the room just after midnight, looking at no one. "That was a powerful...
...could also stand for "owe": at $100 a ticket, this $90 million production is the priciest legal attraction in Vegas. But in a town that quickly tires of old sensations, the stage magicians from Montreal have created another enticement that will not go out of style. Cirque endures. O is forever...
...idea of noble blood is an anachronism that most of us would willingly ditch as we enter a new millennium. But there is a certain nobility in the independence of the Lords. The hereditary peers owe their position to no living person. They are therefore free to think and act as they choose. In British public life,which is heavily dominated by political parties, that is a valuable asset...
Next stop, we must throw down some roots, register where we live and vote at the neighborhood elementary school. We owe it to ourselves, and, yup, our country, to be the imaginary, responsible citizen I envisioned in high school--not apolitical but just hindered by the mail...
...they really believe they have the clout to thwart the Republicans' plans to cut short Clinton's presidency--and they may be right. Clinton's popularity among black voters is the cornerstone of his high approval ratings, his best defense against impeachment. If Clinton stays in power, he will owe the black community big time...