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...realize I'm too late on the antigun movement. So I'm going to spearhead the next big cause: anti-suntanning. I plan to debate George Hamilton, if he still has that talk show. If not, he's really not worth my time. That's what my publicist says...
Democrats need Conyers to find courage of a different kind this time around. The Judiciary Committee's only veteran of the Nixon wars, the 69-year-old is the committee's ranking Democrat and will spearhead the party's defense against the Republican campaign for impeachment. The natty, unflaggingly liberal Conyers meets one requirement for a bulwark: he openly loathes Kenneth Starr; recently he called the prosecutor one of "the enemies of the nation." Conyers' potential value to the White House extends further. As dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, he could help marshal critical black support for Clinton...
Chirac said the time had come to discuss this option seriously. The others agreed but thought it would be extremely difficult to pull off. Clinton wanted the French to spearhead the raid, but Chirac was not keen on taking on that "high-risk" role alone for fear of possible reprisals against his troops in the sector. Clinton and Blair were reluctant because of the potential casualties. Chirac pointed out another problem: they could not launch such an operation without informing the Russians, for diplomatic reasons, or the Italians, whose peacekeeping troops were present in the French-controlled zone immediately around...
Basil's presence not only means an added shooting threat on the perimeter, it will also spark the Crimson's defense up front. Basil and fellow senior Alison Seanor spearhead a Harvard defense that averages better than 11 steals per game...
...what moral ground can the United States spearhead the movement to end bribery in international business? American officials wanted this treaty to be modeled on the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. However, even though many companies were charged with violating the act, no executive was ever convicted. If the U.S. cannot enforce its own law (which contains built-in punishments) it is less clear how effective this new international measure will be without any force behind...