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...year was not a total loss, nor was it even a partial loss. The one Dartmouth game proved to be enough to send out the six seniors...
...Finance Committee. To pass health reform, Durenberger told Clinton, "you have to start in the middle, even if that doesn't get you to universal coverage" immediately. Other Senators suggested that Clinton accept something less coercive, like Cooper- Breaux, but include a "trigger" that would impose a partial employer mandate if near universal coverage is not accomplished in a year or so. Though noncommittal, Clinton said he was willing to negotiate the definition and timing of universal coverage...
Noordin Sopiee, head of Malaysia's Institute of Strategic and International Studies, dismisses partial sanctions as "a compromise which will satisfy no one and will merely strengthen Clinton's image as a wishy-washy leader. It's a crazy idea, and it won't work." American experts agree; Lyn Edinger, a former commercial counselor at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, says, "Targeting state enterprises will be a nightmare and virtually unenforceable." The owners of many Chinese factories are a mixture of private, state, military and sometimes even American interests; figuring out which companies to penalize could drive the U.S. Customs...
...Crimson decided to ignore our efforts--were the single most important factors in determining our success this year. In fact the greatest tribute I can give to Carey is to briefly list the major accomplishments of the Council under his guidance. Needless to say this is only a partial listing...
Saddam is already on the verge of winning an important U.N. concession: a partial reopening of Iraq's oil pipeline through Turkey. Periodically Baghdad will be allowed to "flush" the pipeline of old oil -- which the Turks claim is corroding the pipe -- and fill it with fresh oil. Each flush will yield about 12 million bbl. of marketable oil, which would net Iraq some $50 million, and there could be several such operations every year...