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...DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY TO PLAN AHEAD. BACK IN AUGUST THE Clinton for President Committee rewarded faithful donors with "CLINTON TEAM" lapel pins, individually numbered. The pin and number would supposedly serve as a security pass to a "members only" Inaugural victory celebration. About 115,000 folks donated $13 million, and many of them got psyched up for the big party. But the promise was forgotten. After complaints started coming in, invites were finally sent out to the special event: the opening ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial. It's so exclusive that it's only open to the public...
Sure, you founded your own business at age five and have held phenominal summer internships at every investment bank this side of Tokyo. But when recruiters are bombarded day after day by equally qualified applicants wearing identical navy pin-stripe suits, they're looking for a little bit more...
...Schama] is a man you can't pin down in terms of field," said Trumbull Professor of American History Donald H. Fleming. "Replacing him would be outof the question because his range is so wide...
Morantz said that there were several "wanna-beClintons" in her district and state groups, who"walked around shaking hands with a pin in theirlapel...
...Nicholas the Wonderworker. Centuries of setbacks have not shaken their confidence that someday a Good Czar will finally appear with a quick fix for all their problems. Since no one ever measures up to these great expectations, Russians soon tire of the incumbent. They sink into apathy or pin their hopes on samozvantsy -- the numerous pretender czars of Russian history who rose out of nowhere to challenge the powers that be. Yeltsin donned this historic mantle when he led his populist crusade against Gorbachev. Now Yeltsin must be careful that no golden-tongued rabble rouser gathers throngs of the disenchanted...