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...providing sign-language interpreters or other aids. The government seeks civil penalties of up to $50,000 and damages. In a statement, company president Newton D. Becker said his firm agreed to hire an interpreter before the Justice Department suit: "They're just doing this for publicity's sake." National Federation of Independent Business spokesman Jim Weidman said the action, which hints at costly future requirements for commerce, would "put a chill into the small- business community." Others were encouraged. American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney Ruth Harlow said, "It gets the ball rolling for the Clinton Administration...
...cultural fantasy. You might as well claim that Abstract Expressionism was "caused" by the election of Harry Truman. Nevertheless, such is the show's political motive, and it seems a poor pretext for taking great art and jetting it to America like so many get-well cards, for the sake of political...
...might think at first glance that Bush, longtime public servant, is outdoing himself for the world's sake. Why feed the hungry in Somalia when doing so won't change your lame-duck status? Why consider sending troops to relieve the beleaguered Bosnians if you can't convince the Electoral College to pull a fast one on the American people...
...need. Many observers claim the president held off on Somalia to avoid accusations of using military muscle for political gain. But Bush, in defending the no-fly zone in southern Iraq, threatened action anyway. Repelling Iraqi aggression was "right." It's more likely that Bush hesitated for the polls' sake and then intervened in the Horn of Africa because he thought historians would like...
...anniversaries. This year much attention, politically correct and politically incorrect alike, has been given to the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. A little over a year ago, a dramatic ceremony commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. For God's sake, it wasn't too long ago that there was a gala ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spam...