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...long as Perot's public standing remains robust, he is a magnet for politicians -- particularly those up for election next year. Association with him draws publicity, builds up an independent image and helps in courting his local supporters, who may be pivotal in some House and Senate races next year...
...never robust economy in free fall since the breakup of its sponsor, the U.S.S.R., Cuba says it will cut its military forces to save money...
...nursery in Austin, "poorly adapted plants put gardeners on a chemical treadmill, a treadmill we're trying to help them get off." Dromgoole, host of a popular radio and TV garden show, tells his audiences to get rid of Kentucky bluegrass and seed their lawns with buffalo grass, a robust short-stemmed native needing only occasional mowing. Instead of finicky azaleas, Dromgoole recommends lantana, an attractive flowering shrub that, in central Texas at least, thrives on benign neglect...
...national economy is throwing off its own confusing messages. A continuing sluggish recovery is certainly bad news: it threatens to trim corporate profits and cause stock prices to slump. But a robust recovery might have the same effect: by boosting interest rates it could entice investors back to banks and money markets and put the bull to flight. The key to everything seems to be interest rates. "If you get a major rise in rates, it will kill the market," says Marty Zweig, who runs the Zweig Funds...
...Americans feel the same moral imperative to act that Wiesel expressed. Would that it were so simple. All week Clinton wrestled with the conflicting advice offered by his foreign-policy makers, themselves divided between the go-slow counsel of Christopher and Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell and the more robust preferences of Defense Secretary Les Aspin and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake. When the President was asked at his news conference on Friday how he evaluated the options, his body language spoke volumes. He rolled his eyes, taking a deep breath and a long pause before saying he was "reluctant...