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...night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul...
...these three values achieved a number of important strategic goals. It allowed the President to avoid divisive politics that pit group against group and interest against interest. It provided a clear opportunity for him to make a direct appeal to the common ground, which poll after poll shows voters prefer to the partisan divisions that many believe have infected our political system. Specifically, independents and moderate Republicans often preferred this values-based appeal to the more strident rhetoric adopted by Newt Gingrich and his colleagues during the 1995 budget showdown. Our polling also demonstrated conclusively that while voters preferred...
...William Perry, "are not tied to which party prevails" in the Kurds' conflict. While a few pundits and rivals will blame Clinton for failing to unify the benighted Kurds or come to their direct aid last week, the Administration smartly opted to keep the U.S. out of that snake pit by refusing to engage Saddam militarily on Kurdish turf. Not only were the logistics of fighting there tough--no use of ground troops, high risk to pilots--the political implications with Turkey and Iran were even tougher. Having failed to mold the Kurds into an effective scourge against Saddam...
...world. Morris didn't return that phone call. In the pit of his stomach, he may already have known what was coming: a major story about him and a $200-an-hour call girl. By Thursday morning, his friends and family were gathered in the hotel suite to hear him announce that he was resigning as the President's chief campaign strategist. But Morris, a New Yorker who had always been able to talk his way out of the most embarrassing jams, was so distraught he couldn't speak. A man at home in the campaigner's world of beeper...
...glorious splendor that is the Wang Center, the latest production of "The Phantom of the Opera" to hit Boston lives up to--and beyond--the legend it has created for itself. From the magnificently ornate costumes to the familiar and crystal-clear melodies rising from the orchestra pit, the now world-famous production is still a breathtaking waltz into the heart of the most romantic lunatic that ever lived...