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In her pleas for support and cooperation from top White House officials, Scott frequently invoked the First Couple, writing then deputy chiefs of staff Erskine Bowles and Harold Ickes, for instance, that her project "is the President's idea and it is a good one." Such heavy name-dropping has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO IS MARSHA SCOTT? | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

TEL AVIV: Celebrations for the Jewish holiday Purim were marred today by a suicide bombing attack that killed three and injured 43, many of them children, at a downtown Tel Aviv cafe. The bomber, claimed as a member by Hamas, was also killed by the nail-studded explosive device. Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Dead in Suicide Bomb Attack | 3/21/1997 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans are wasting little time in reopening the debate over partial-birth abortions after a prominent abortion-rights activist admitted he lied about how often the procedure is performed. GOP leaders are busy lining up votes as the House prepares to once again take up a bill banning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Round Two | 3/5/1997 | See Source »

Several weeks later, after pondering her options, Hoster complained to two male superiors and asked for a reassignment. In August, her pleas unanswered for two months, she retired to Texas after 22 years in uniform. She says she decided to file a formal complaint only recently, after Army Secretary Togo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SERGEANTS AT ODDS | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

"I was told that there was a survey of the options, various programs and faculty groups made recommendations and pleas for special treatment, and then the dean made his decision, and the next morning there was one e-mail package left on the system," Lewis says.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B-School Leads 'Net Revolution | 12/4/1996 | See Source »

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