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...mirror, mirror on the MAC wall, who will be the most proud of them all? Well, it looks like a Crimson-Tiger showdown...
...much dicier showdown, however, is coming this week, when the Senate takes up Clinton's plan for a quick $16 billion spending stimulus to the economy. Again it faces solid Republican opposition (though probably not a filibuster), and this time more conservative Democrats may defect. Clinton planned to get on the telephone to waverers, and his bill probably will pass in some form. But without weakening amendments? Stay tuned...
...unconstitutional. The 1,033 deputies, who are mostly apparatchiks elected under the old communist regime, clearly believe they now have the upper hand over Yeltsin. But the battle is not yet over. The history of jockeying between Yeltsin and Congress has been one of endless postponement of a final showdown. When he meets Bill Clinton in Canada on April 3, Yeltsin may well not know how much power he will wield the following month -- or week. (See related story beginning on page...
...DISpatched to Iraq last Friday, one more reminder of the International Atomic Energy Agency's failure to spot and squelch Saddam Hussein's budding nuclear warfare capability long before the Gulf War even began. Now, hoping to avert a similar embarrassment, the agency is headed for a different showdown with North Korea. The IAEA has warned the insular communist regime that if North Korea does not open its doors this time, the agency will bare its teeth and press for an unprecedented U.N. Security Council-backed "special inspection" of two buildings suspected of storing nuclear waste. Reneging on earlier promises...
...Crimson remains undefeated, it will face Yale this Wednesday in a showdown for the national title. Yale plays Princeton this weekend and is expected...