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...confounded by the fact that most Americans believe Dole has a "better character" than Clinton, yet most prefer Clinton to be President. But to American voters, there is not much contradiction here. To them, it's not so much character as competence mixed with compassion that matters. In the post-cold war era, when ideological differences between the parties are receding, voters know that they are not so much electing the Leader of the Free World as voting for the Mayor-in-Chief...
...books, written, for the most part, by Living Conversation panelists, amounts to a modest but unmistakable Genesis revival in American culture. Says Robert Alter, whose masterly new translation of Genesis was published last month: "Moyers has hit upon an idea whose time has come. At this moment of post-cold war confusion about where we're going as a civilization, with all kinds of murky religious ferment, it makes sense to do some stocktaking. Let's go back to the book that started the whole shebang...
...high praise for the operation, which he said was part of U.S. effort to cripple major international drug-trafficking cartels. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gelbard told reporters that the case highlights what a serious problem drug smugglers, and the political influence they can buy, have become in the post-cold war era. -->