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...comportment may have very little to do with defining her own campaign, political observers say, and everything to do with Lazio's refusal to pin himself down. It's difficult, after all to gain any ground in a very tight race when your opponent seems perfectly happy to perch on the political fence, occasionally dangling a foot toward a position but generally letting voter perceptions wander where they may. By taking an aggressive tack, Clinton may be hoping to sway those perceptions in her favor, dropping hints of doubt about Lazio where none existed before. On the other hand...
...Walk into F-31 any Wednesday night at about 8 p.m. and prepare to be attacked. The senior trio of May H. Li, Sally E. Sadoff and Maureen K. Schad perch themselves on the crowded couches and chairs in their common room for their ritual viewing of "Dawson's Creek...
Annan and the others were paying homage. Helms, now 78, has been tormenting American Presidents and their diplomats for 28 years, mostly from his perch on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has voted against so many bills--from food stamps to the Martin Luther King holiday to practically every arms-control treaty--that critics nicknamed him "Senator No," a moniker he cherishes. He has blocked so many nominees that he can't remember all their names. (Robert Pastor was startled when he testified before Helms four years after the Senator had bottled up his nomination...
...Jill," who wears a Holiday Inn DO NOT DISTURB sign on her left nipple in one picture and gives Helfrich the finger from her perch on the toilet in another, says Helfrich kept at her like a dog with a bone. "When he first called me he said, 'I want to write a diary about the '70s, and I want to include some pictures of you.' I asked him to send me the pictures, and none of them had any clothes on, so I said no," she explains. Then Helfrich called to tell her she was just a tiny part...
...wasn't quite Appomattox, but the defiant - and to many, provocative - spirit of the Confederacy sustained critical injuries Wednesday when South Carolina state senators voted 36-7 to remove the flag from its perch atop the statehouse. A much-maligned compromise bill will replace the traditional Southern Cross with a smaller flag to be flown on the grounds of the Capitol - still highly visible, but, proponents of the bill hope, less likely to offend. Although the state House must pass the bill before Gov. Jim Hodges can sign it into law, many feel Wednesday's vote was the beginning...