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...faith in your instincts or discipline to let either of you govern unchaperoned. And we have too many problems that have to be solved to trust either of you to do it alone. All through the campaign, whenever Bob Dole and Bill Clinton stumbled into any issue that could sting them, they volunteered to "take it out of politics" and hand it to a bipartisan commission. But since the issues they wouldn't discuss--entitlement reform, spending cuts, campaign finance--were the ones voters took most seriously, in the end the voters did just as the candidates suggested. They appointed...
...says student fears about sting operations and constant undercover monitoring of the houses are based on false rumors...
...WINNERS] ROSS PEROT He can still sting! Dole conjures up the nearly forgotten Texan, only to be called weird...
...government clearly shook up such manipulators in its recent sting. But the fact is the feds aren't set up to succeed time and again. The FBI and U.S. Attorney are great at undercover work and prosecuting fraud. But they don't know common stock from livestock. The market is the SEC's domain. But the SEC isn't empowered to employ wiretaps or conduct stings. No single agency is fully equipped for the mission...
...lest you all forget, winter is coming! Mere weeks away, the cool sting of the air and the slippery snow will be the curse of our days. Vivaldi humorously depicts such antics as poor folks falling on their derrieres after sliding over the ice with the sweeping phrasing of the baroque guitar. Then, he clemently rushes us all home with a competently executed Largo, to the family values warmth of fireside, cocoa with mini marshmallows and mom. The first and second violins joined with the fat, dull twang of the bass in an extended pizzicato, successfully evoking a grandfather clock...