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Indeed, the say-it-ain't-so-Joe reception of the Fuhrman tapes follows a well-established pattern of denial about the virulence of racism that extends far beyond the field of law enforcement. In part be cause of the conservative backlash against affirmative action, it has become fashionable to dismiss black and Latino complaints of discrimination as either mere pleading for preferential treatment or hallucinations, until an incontrovertible piece of evidence such as the Fuhrman tapes comes along. Then, inevitably, a surge of moral condemnation washes across the country like a cathartic wave--and subsides without any lasting effect...
...charge Clinton with all kinds of wrongdoing, were uncharacteristically low-key in the wake of Starr's latest indictments. Senator Al D'Amato insists that the indictments prove the need for more hearings by his Senate Banking Committee: "These indictments are troubling and disturbing and point to a pattern of wrongdoing among people closely associated with the President and the First Lady.'' Starr has not announced the end of his investigation and, even as Administration officials predicted a positive conclusion for the Clintons, a federal judge extended Starr's grand jury another six months. Most observers believe he will complete...
...grievance itself feels familiar. In the recently released excerpts of his still unpublished 35,000-word essay, the serial bomber complains that the modern world, for all its technological marvels, can be an uncomfortable, "unfulfilling" place to live. It makes us behave in ways "remote from the natural pattern of human behavior." Amen.VCRs and microwave ovens have their virtues, but in the everyday course of our highly efficient lives, there are times when something seems deeply amiss. Whether burdened by an overwhelming flurry of daily commitments or stifled by a sense of social isolation (or, oddly, both); whether mired...
...House Banking Committee chairman Jim Leach supplied new information about the Clintons' handling of their Whitewater real estate venture in the mid-1980s as well as their complicated relationship with business partner Jim McDougal. Rumpled and unfailingly polite, Leach claimed that his committee's investigation had uncovered a pattern of cronyism in which McDougal ponied up most of the money for Whitewater while receiving favors from former Governor Clinton and his wife. "In a nutshell," said Leach, "Whitewater is about...conflicts of interest that are self-evidently unseemly...
...probably may account for loss of memory." The Senator said he has not had a drink for three years. He criticizes the media for not investigating the accusers and notes that most of the incidents happened more than a dozen years ago. "If you are going to allege a pattern of conduct, what does 'pattern' mean?" he demanded. "How far back do you go in somebody's life--a quarter of a century...