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Clinton's argument seems shakier than Starr's, but White House aides from Washington to Africa, where the President was traveling last week, insist he is not making this legal maneuver to push off Starr's investigation. "We want to get this [investigation] over with as soon as possible," says Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel. But delay has been enormously helpful to Clinton. By refusing to explain his relationship with Lewinsky, he created a time-release capsule that aided the public's digestion of the scandal, giving people the leisure to sort out which parts of the President's character...
...Failing that, he can endure and survive an American bombardment, emerging to greet a world newly sympathetic to Iraqi suffering and outraged by American bullying. His defiance brings him admiration; his resistance rallies his people to his side. The U.N. inspectors will be gone, and the embargo will be shakier than ever. He probably figures that even if he cannot get a vote in the Security Council to lift the economic sanctions, many countries will simply ignore them...
...among the Arab states bordering Israel, might come to Syria's aid. The Israelis think they can count on Jordan, which made peace with Israel in 1994, to stay out of the fight, despite strains in relations over Netanyahu's tough policies. But Israel's confidence in Egypt is shakier. Two weeks ago, President Hosni Mubarak said that in the event of an Israeli attack on Syria, Egypt would not "stand idly by." Given popular feeling in Egypt against the Netanyahu government, it was perhaps an inevitable, if insincere, remark. If Egypt did not go to war when Israel attacked...
However, the Bears have been somewhat shakier at stopping their opponents' shots, allowing almost four goals per game. Brown features a trio of netminders, each of whom has started at least one game. Senior Mike Parsons (88 save percentage, 3.53 goals against average) has started four games, sophomore Jeff Holowaty (89 percent, 3.86) three and junior Brian Audette (83 percent...
...Verge is on shakier ground when it seems to be commenting on society, as it is all too often...