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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...immunity." (Until two years ago, the annual licensing fee was $10.) A series of standing ATF orders closely choreographs all such investigations and requires that they be monitored from ATF headquarters in Washington. "You have to jump through six hoops of fire," says Kubicki, the agents' association counsel. Says Phil McGuire, a former ATF deputy director: "There's no question the N.R.A. has dictated exactly [the rules for] such things as dealer investigations and investigations of gun shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ATF UNDER SIEGE | 7/24/1995 | See Source »

...been good for the country. California Governor Pete Wilson, who pressed his fellow UC regents to make the decision, shrugged off as "utterly bogus"claims by critics that he is using the issue to bolster his presidential bid. Reaction from his GOP presidential rivals was mixed: while Sen. Phil Gramm applauded the move, and Sen. Bob Dole said nothing, Sen. Arlen Specter heatedly criticized Wilson for using the word "tribalism" in discussing racial preference programs. "Coded racial epithets such as 'tribalism' have no place in public debate," said Specter. "They only serve to fan the flames of racial and gender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BACKLASH | 7/21/1995 | See Source »

...Senator Phil Gramm, for instance, expects to be a strong runner-up in Iowa and New Hampshire but to break away in the Sunshine State. "We've got to win Florida,'' says Senator Gramm's top strategist, Charles Black. Gramm's aides are meeting methodically with all 150 Republican clubs in the state; Dole's aides are setting up steering committees in every one of the state's 67 counties. Part of what motivates this courtship is that Florida's Republican convention in November will hold the largest straw poll, just over two months before any voting takes place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUNSHINE BOYS | 7/17/1995 | See Source »

...major parties. Moreover, the poll shows that if Powell were the Republican nominee, he would edge Clinton by a few percentage points. In the Republican field, Powell is preferred by 22% of G.O.P.-leaning voters, second to Dole's 43% and well ahead of Pat Buchanan and Phil Gramm, each of whom attract only 6%. If Powell were Dole's vice-presidential choice, their ticket would beat Clinton and Al Gore, while a face-off between just Clinton and Dole shows Clinton ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COLIN POWELL FACTOR | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

...than a week of internal debate and White House leaks, President Clinton has decided to announce his plan to establish full diplomatic relations with Vietnam at a Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday. Storm coulds are already gathering, at least among Republican presidential candidates. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas have criticized Clinton for moving toward normalization; Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.), who may soon withdraw from the race, on Sunday called Clinton a "triple draft dodger" and told NBC's "Meet the Press" that establishing diplomatic ties was "going to deny him a second term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIETNAMANNOUNCEMENT SET | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

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