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What does Bill Richardson want? Speculation that Washington?s U.N. ambassador may be promoted to the vacant secretary position at the Department of Energy has mounted in the last two weeks, according to TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. Dowell reports that Richardson has suffered at the U.N. from the perception that his diplomatic skills do not match up to his political abilities, and that he was at times left out of the loop by the White House during the Iraq crisis. ?Now there is speculation that he may promoted to a position more suited to the skills of a politician...
Sally herself, played by Natasha Richardson, is older, more wasted, less the perky-quirky charmer played by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 movie. Richardson (The Handmaid's Tale onscreen; Anna Christie onstage; Vanessa Redgrave's daughter in real life) doesn't belt out the Kander and Ebb numbers a la Liza; she acts them. The climactic title song, most startlingly, is no longer a triumphant anthem. Richardson clutches the microphone and grits through the lyrics ("Start by admitting/ From cradle to tomb/ Isn't that long a stay"), shouting her defiance even as she struggles to keep from flying apart...
After haggling over language long into Monday evening, the U.S. tried to sound upbeat about the toothless resolution. U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson called it a "victory for the United States." President Clinton declared that "tonight's unanimous vote of the United Nations Security Council sends the clearest possible message: Iraq must make good on its commitment...
Direct phone lines were set up from the U.N. and the State Department to Annan's delegation in Baghdad. Albright and U.N. Ambassador Bill Richardson stood by to take reports from Annan and provide a U.S. response to any offers from Saddam. Annan was expected to return to New York City on Tuesday and report to the Security Council formally on Wednesday...
...foul call so enraged Jordan that he walked on the court and screamed at Richardson, drawing a technical foul. Williamson, who had a career-high 30 points, was lucky he didn't get one too after slamming the ball on the court and raising his jersey above his head...