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After cleverly engineering a string of 34 straw-poll victories throughout this year, Gramm hit a speed bump in Florida last Saturday at the single such contest he couldn't rig. His second-place showing (seven points behind Dole and only three ahead of Lamar Alexander) failed to meet his own hyped expectations and dents his overall strategy, which presumes his winning handily across the South. Now a Connally-size meltdown, while unlikely, cannot be ruled...
...this is outrageous that they would use that kind of pettiness to shut down the federal government." Later, Gingrich sought to downplay the incident as just one of many factors blocking consensus. But TIME's Viveca Novak notes the Speaker's recent outbursts are taking a toll. "After the string of successes the Speaker has had this year, a remarkable record by any measure, at this, his moment of truth, Gingrich isn't holding it together that well. Some of his colleagues in the GOP are not only noticing it but beginning to speak about it publicly...
Mellon Collie is a sprawling album of many moods. The opening track (also the title song) is a quietly moving piano-based instrumental; by contrast, the next song, Tonight, Tonight, is an expansive rock anthem, complete with soaring guitars and a 30-piece string section. "Believe, believe in me," Corgan sings, as if pleading for listeners to trust in his band's huge undertaking. Many of the songs here--such as Jellybelly, Here Is No Why and Muzzle--have an appealing, loose, raw edge. Others, like the nine-minute-long Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, flow gracefully and naturally along...
...embarrassing setback for the G.O.P. leadership, the House voted to instruct its team of conference negotiators with the Senate to drop a string of restrictions on the Environmental Protection Agency that the House had previously attached to an EPA spending bill. Moderate Republicans joined ranks with Democrats to repudiate the controversial restrictions, which would severely curtail the agency's enforcement of air- and water-quality laws...
...their portfolios with shares of uncertain value. An adviser to an Arab family with a net worth between $500 million and $1 billion told Time his clients have become disenchanted. "If you hit on one of their big deals like Tiffany, the rewards can be spectacular. But a whole string of others have been very disappointing, and all they do is send you fancy reports with Investcorp's latest solution for a turnaround and very little numerical analysis. You have no recourse...