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However, on the most important foreign policy issues--those most relevant to our vital interests--Clinton has done quite well. He has been steadfast in his support of Boris Yeltsin and was able to convince an intransigent Congress to lend monetary aid to Russia. In trans-Pacific trade relations, Clinton has made progress in beginning a dialogue with Japan and China. Indeed, he dazzled foreign leaders with his mastery of trade issues earlier this year in Tokyo and more recently in Seattle...
...friends were rounded up by authorities. Mahmoud Abdel Shafi, an Egyptian lawyer who represents Islamic militants, remembers that Abouhalima occasionally came to him in 1980, at age 20, to get help for friends who had been arrested. "There was a crackdown on Muslim youths who were trying to remain steadfast in their faith," says Shafi. "Mahmud was not planting bombs. He was concerned about what was happening. He simply took it upon himself to try to help those who were in prison...
More understandable is most lobbyists' steadfast refusal to be caught lobbying. Lobbying is like nose picking--nearly everyone does it, but no one admits to it. Unwilling to associate themselves with the schmoozy hired hands at Hill and Knowlton or Patton, Boggs and Blow, most lobbyists prefer to call themselves "educators" or "legislative activists" instead...
Restic will leave Harvard as its winningest and losingest coach, as well as the man who coached Harvard football for longer than any other. His steadfast commitment to the ideal of amateurism in college sports made Harvard a perfect match...
...changes in the gallery will be initiated by a new director, senior lecturer on visual arts Robert G. Gardner, who takes office on July I. Gardner has remained steadfast in his decision to change the gallery and lay off Brandenberg-Horn...