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...fact that Starr refused to relent, on even the smallest points, "will make him go away with a reputation that is somewhat less shiny than when he began," says Novak. His critics will now be watching more closely than ever to see how he decides to proceed with the last major business before him: yet another set of Hubbell prosecutions, this time on charges of tax evasion and giving false testimony...
...week Senator Pete Domenici, New Mexico Republican, proposed legislation to provide an additional $125 million over five years for character-education programs. At his conference last week on school violence, President Clinton--without apparent irony--endorsed character education. And Dan Quayle has expressed his own ideas on how to proceed: "I suggest [students] start with the Ten Commandments." (It sure beats spelling bees...
...first major vote on gun control following the Littleton horror, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday refused to close a loophole that allows private sales at gun shows to proceed without subjecting purchasers to mandatory background checks. The largely partisan 51-to-47 vote was not unexpected and served as a potent reminder of the lobbying strength of the National Rifle Association. More gun control votes are scheduled in the Senate into Thursday, and ?the expectation is that those will also break largely along traditional party lines,? says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson...
Milosevic has yet to show signs of weakness, however, and there is little consensus on how to proceed. On April 28, the House voted against sending ground troops without Congressional approval, rejected a proposed withdrawal of NATO forces and tied on whether to endorse the current strategy. Clearly, the House votes do not present the Clinton Administration with any useful guidance. But the House's indecision betrays a strong sense of frustration and impatience with the NATO effort, and that frustration could have been avoided had Clinton and other NATO leaders offered a coherent set of objectives when...
...Premise Gonzo wants to find his family, but before he does so, he announces to the world that he is living proof that extraterrestrial life exists. This gets the attention of government operatives, who proceed to hunt him down (it's kind of like The X-Files, except in this case one of the operatives is wrestler Hollywood Hogan). Not only must Gonzo flee the men in black, he also must decide whether to board the mother ship and join his family or stay on earth with his Muppet friends...