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...sources also tell TIME that Bennett will take depositions about Jones' employment history (Was she really hurt by turning down the Governor of Arkansas?) and her right-wing backers (Is her suit really aimed at clearing her name or at destroying public trust in Clinton for political purposes?). If push comes to shove, Bennett has said, a trial would leave Jones more embarrassed than the President, a not-so-gentle hint that she might be revealed as something other than a chaste innocent...
Midwest has a good record on safety, although it had one crash, which killed 31, in 1985. It has been profitable every year since 1987. Lately the fresh-cookie airline has pitched itself to pleasure travelers--though there are limits on how much it can push the price in that segment. Says Wally Durso, president of Travel Dynamics of Brookfield, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb: "I don't believe fares are No. 1. If Midwest Express is within $50 of a competing airline, a lot of my clients will go with Midwest Express...
...where getting a new drug to market has often felt like swimming through Jell-O--is both a worthy and a popular cause. The appetite for free-market trial and error is limited, however, in a business where error has sometimes meant disfigurement or death. "There's a great push to try to cut down the FDA," says Fred Dorey of the Bay Area Bioscience Center in Oakland, Calif., a trade organization for biotechnology firms. "But that's from people who don't realize there is a role for government regulation, and it's not going to go away...
...coffers brought to budget negotiations is ending as Democrats and Republicans heat up the fight over specifics of the deal. Although both houses overwhelmingly approved a final, nonbinding outline of an agreement to balance the budget by 2002, cracks in the consensus are appearing as the GOP tries to push through its version of welfare reform. Democrats were crying foul after two Republican-backed provisions passed the House Ways and Means human resources subcommittee. One would cut benefits to disabled noncitizens, while the other would deny minimum wage and workplace protections to some welfare recipients working for the government...
That youth, matched with the wealth of talent in the sophomore and junior classes, makes 1997 a crucial year for the Crimson's national push...