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...Sponsored by McCain-Feingold doppelgangers Chris Shays and Marty Meehan, a soft-money ban has cruised through the House before by wide margins, but as in the Senate, pro-reform votes get awfully skittish as soon as they're meaningful. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay has vowed to "try anything I can" to defeat the bill, and on this one he's got Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, who's upset about the hike in hard-money limits, in his corner...
...none of the nation's other creatures seem to be greeting the spring with much confidence or enthusiasm. Television's talking heads look skittish, rueful. There are nasty bears on the newsmagazines, all fangs and snarls. Daytrading squirrels race around trying to get under the wheels - and succeeding. Another crunch. What will Greenspan do? Nothing less than a full point off interest rates will calm the animals. Even that may not work...
...Bush's blunt comments came as a surprise after Powell's statements earlier in the week, and the new president's inexperience on the diplomatic stage was evident from the fact that White House aides immediately rushed to play cleanup. After all, the North Koreans are notoriously skittish and paranoid - not the sort of folks you want to accuse of cheating if you want to avoid unpredictable confrontations. So senior administration officials rushed to put out the message that there was, in fact, no evidence that North Korea is violating the terms of its only agreement with Washington - to freeze...
...only the start of March, but not too early to ask how we are doing with 2001 as a potential Best Year. Layoffs are mounting, the market's skittish and the weather's been terrible. Bush has been getting good early reviews for charm. We shall...
...fact that he shook hands with Morgan Stanley clients for two hours afterward.) UBS Warburg may not be the last to rescind its speaking invitation. Even Yale University, which has invited Clinton and current and former Presidents Bush to help commemorate its 300th anniversary this spring, is a little skittish. "We hope it blows over by then," says an organizer. "He is an alum, so there's not much...