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...themselves as stubborn obstructionists. Given the feel for the popular mood and the adeptness at defusing or co-opting opposition that he has already displayed, the President can probably win the opportunity to put his programs into practice. Thereafter, the fate of his Administration should be decided by the stern pragmatic test: Do those programs work...
...were in the mood for another imbroglio. So Dade County (Miami) prosecutor Janet Reno faced a Senate Judiciary Committee eager to accept her as the first woman Attorney General. She made the most of her opportunity. Reno opened with a folksy but appealing tribute to her parents and their stern self-reliance. Beyond declaring support for strong gun-control laws, she had little specific to say about policy. She stressed the need for social programs to keep children from turning to crime but also affirmed the necessity of punishment for "horrible" criminals. Republicans Arlen Specter and Orrin Hatch, ogres...
...music. So when the photographer began setting up in the Oval Office for a Vanity Fair portrait of the new President just after his swearing-in, she pulled out her boom box and plugged it into an outlet not far from the portrait of George Washington. Instantly a stern White House functionary informed her, "We've never had music in the Oval Office." Only the President, it was decided, could approve such a breach in decorum. "Sure," said Clinton, and Eric Clapton's album Unplugged began to fill the room. A Secret Service agent remarked to a colleague, "I told...
...SEAS OF TRANSATLANTIC COMMERCE, it was the equivalent of a shot across the bow. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor threatened to stop the purchase of telecommunications, transportation and power equipment manufactured in the European Community, thus signaling that the Clinton Administration means business about dismantling protectionist trade barriers. The stern new measure is aimed at the E.C.'s "buy Europe" policy, which allows government agencies to award lucrative contracts to other E.C. members even when underbid by foreign firms. Unless a compromise is reached before March 22, $45 million in annual purchases will be terminated. Kantor's motivation...
Whatever the prevalence of nutrient deficiency Johanna T. Dwyer, director of the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at New England Medical Center Hospital, stands firmly against consuming supplements...