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...pounding was relentless. As the latest Clinton Administration nominee sat before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, Senators took their turns delivering the blows. First, South Carolina's nonagenarian Strom Thurmond took up the cudgel, blustering about what he called "a compelling prima facie case that ((Morton Halperin)) is unsuited for any position in the Pentagon" and calling him a man of "deeply flawed judgment" who has failed "to create an impression of reliability or trustworthiness." Then John McCain of Arizona spoke of "profoundly disturbing questions about Halperin's judgment, his credibility, and his suitability to hold a position...
...cannot help but ask these questions...The issue is, does this question bear fruit," she says. "We're always coming from the present to the past. There is no prima facia answer." For her, there are always more questions...
...cannot help but ask these questions....The issue is, does this question bear fruit," she says. "We're always coming from the present to the past. There is no prima facia answer." For her, there are always more questions...
...cannot help but ask these questions...The issue is, does this question bear fruit," she says. "We're always coming from the present to the past. There is no prima facia answer." For her, there are always more questions...
...popular pining for the spirit of rock 'n' roll past. But as anyone who has listened to his records or seen him perform knows, Isaak is the genuine article: a pompadoured anachronism who grew up in the blue-collar cow town of Stockton, California, listening to Dean Martin, Louis Prima and Hank Williams Senior. By putting a cutting-edge gloss on a vintage 1950s and early '60s sound, Isaak, like Lyle Lovett and k.d. lang, avoids parody by dint of sheer talent and a playful sense of irony...