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That's a difficult argument to win, since Rubin's actions so far have been authorized by a statute passed while Ronald Reagan was in office. Meanwhile, with the G.O.P. budget plan itself calling for the debt to rise toward $6 trillion over seven years, a renewed debt-limit showdown can't help looking hypocritical. The Administration won't say what happens next if the limit isn't raised soon. But there's more than $1 trillion in trust funds and plenty of gold in Fort Knox that might be temporarily "reclassified" if the G.O.P. won't budge...
Last season's Ivy League title in women's basketball came down to a season-ending showdown between Dartmouth and Harvard. With Dartmouth's 24-point victory came a spot in the NCAA tournament and Ancient Eight bragging rights...
...even gets started? Americans normally don't think about presidential primaries until New Hampshire voters narrow the contest to an intelligible two- or three-man race. But Campaign 1996 is already anything but normal. The leading contenders for the G.O.P. nomination are massing their troops for a possibly decisive showdown on Feb. 12 in Iowa. Bob Dole is moving organizers and money into the state in the hope of finishing off his chief rival, Senator Phil Gramm of Texas. Gramm is pouring resources into Iowa as well, but his goal is merely to fight to a draw, or come surprisingly...
...Whitewater affair bubbling, by providing information only grudgingly. Never mind that they have, ultimately, turned over some 50,000 pages of evidence to congressional Whitewater investigators. The perception of stonewalling persists, and took on new life last week when the White House became embroiled with Congress in the bitterest showdown yet over Whitewater materials...
...greatest threat to the President, however, is the showdown over Kennedy's notes, even though legal experts tend to side with the White House. Says Stephen Gillers, a professor of legal ethics at New York University Law School: "I would be reluctant to go into court if I were the Senate committee, because I think I would lose." Right or wrong, however, just by pressing his case the President risks losing in another forum, the court of public opinion...