Word: second-term
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What's needed to ward off incipient rallentando is a big, distracting counternoise, a Zarathustra crescendo. No one would wish Bill Clinton to achieve exactly the second-term salvation--if that is the word--that history arranged for Franklin Roosevelt. F.D.R.'s second term represented a fairly dramatic falling off from the brisk exuberance of the first. Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court, with humiliating results. The Great Depression ground on. Abroad, the international order began to disintegrate. America split bitterly over what, if anything, to do about it. All of this set the stage for F.D.R. to transcend...
...Clinton's shortcomings. As desperation reigned, Dole's down-ticket Republican colleagues fled their leader, which is likely to be recorded as a smart move indeed. The G.O.P.'s ability to retain control of the Congress resulted at least in part from arguing that the President's second-term plans should be checked by a Republican legislature--just as the President gained greatly from avowing that he was needed to check them...
...four-day, five-state campaign before arriving in Chicago to accept the Democratic nomination. The trip, which will take him through West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, is designed to whip up excitement for a convention that promises few surprises. Each day the President will unveil a proposed second-term initiative to show he is a do-something leader. Monday's serving: a proposal to ban the purchase of handguns by people convicted of domestic violence. Tuesday Clinton will focus on literacy; Wednesday on the environment. He will cap off the week in his acceptance speech on Thursday with...
...assistant Secretary of State in February for a lucrative career on Wall Street, is probably delighted to be back, says Fisher. There is even speculation that the forceful and skilled negotiator is being considered for the top State Department position, to replace Warren Christopher, in the event of a second-term Clinton Administration. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...assistant Secretary of State in February for a lucrative career on Wall Street, is probably delighted to be back, says Fisher. There is even speculation that the forceful and skilled negotiator is being considered for the top State Department position, to replace Warren Christopher, in the event of a second-term Clinton Administration. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar