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...meetings in which top advisers developed Bosnia proposals to offer Clinton were often rudderless, according to a close associate of one participant. In a break with tradition at such meetings, the lower-echelon advisers tended to pipe up freely, sometimes carrying on debates among themselves, while senior officials like Christopher offered sensible observations but were mostly silent. Defense Secretary Les Aspin was just the opposite, caroming from subject to subject, the official said. Foreign policy experts Tony Lake and Sandy Berger, meanwhile, wanted to position Clinton as a forceful leader, to set him apart from Jimmy Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctant Warrior | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

Gator and his friends apparently had a grudge against one of Robinson's friends. They drove to Dartmouth High School armed with a pipe, a buck knife and a baseball bat, intending to settle a score. But as they burst into the first period class in this sleepy southern Massachusetts town, they didn't find who they were looking for. Instead they were asked by Jason Robinson what they wanted with his friend. The only answer he received was several quick knife thrusts to the abdomen...

Author: By Edward F. Mulkerin iii, | Title: Misdirected Blame | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...thinking about a little red sports car. Your son, the Nintendo addict, wants a new computer. You'd love some cash for your daughter's college education and to buy a tractor for yourself. And maybe, just maybe, you could quit your $32,000-a-year job as a pipe fitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Coming Close, So Close | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...terrible at first. "I might shoot one or two out of 10," he says. "Or sometimes I would miss 10 out of 10." Gillette sent down former Boston Celtics star Dave Cowens to give him pointers. "Dave says I shoot like a pipe fitter. And I do," Bobby concedes with a laugh. "At 45 years old, when you're learning to shoot, you feel sorta awkward." Bobby learned to push the ball off with one hand instead of throwing it with two. And, with Cowens' help, he did improve his average to almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Coming Close, So Close | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...pipe fitter gets -- and blows -- the chance of a lifetime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

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