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...protests would die down, with the help of a stern Bernard Shaw and some menacing security guards. But the reasoned questions, too, reflected something that will surely trouble Clinton in the coming days: This time around, America is getting gun-shy. Many wondered whether a military strike would accomplish any final objective; others considered the U.S.' record on U.N. resolutions to be spotty at best. A veteran wanted to be assured that the U.S. would "not be half-assed" this time and finish the job, whatever it took. And from Cohen, Albright and Berger, the answers were not always convincing...
...White House. Ickes' prescription for the President: Look the people straight in the eye and, to the extent you and your lawyer are confident, say, "I didn't do it." Only a loud, unambiguous denial would "stanch the wound," Ickes said. Thomason, meanwhile, helped the President rehearse the stern, reproving body language, according to a source familiar with the meeting...
...director, Marcus Stern, called me and asked me to audition again for the part," says Zimmett of her recall. "I was surprised--I had thought that I was out of the running...
...member panel was expected to release its report last December, but stern criticism from Republican legislators--who said the commission underestimated the role colleges should play in containing costs--delayed the commission's conclusions...
...President, a businessman? Is Fidel paying him to come? Even many Catholics are ignorant of the papal biography and doctrinal bent. In a country where abortion ends roughly 40% of all pregnancies and copulation begins in early adolescence, Cubans will be shocked by John Paul II's stern views on sex. His reverence for the family will seem odd in a society where illegitimacy is common...