Word: suits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wrinkled poker face give nothing away, his mobile eyes are friendly but curiously unreadable. His Establishment-lawyer virtues come not from the era of MTV but from the days of Father Knows Best: diligence, discipline, modesty, probity. "Very finely made," says a foreign minister of Christopher, "like an English suit." But Clinton and Christopher share one crucial characteristic: neither displays many strong convictions about what American foreign policy should accomplish, except to please voters. On the bridge of the world's only superpower, neither the captain nor the executive officer knows precisely what course...
...Administration has enjoyed some successes. Clinton's team pulled together a sizable U.S. aid package for Russia, galvanized the G-7 industrialized countries to follow suit, backed Yeltsin during his referendum campaign and recently eased tensions with Ukraine. After a rough start, Christopher has revived the Middle East peace talks...
...imperial duck-hunting grounds. All the while, secrecy was an obsession. But one short exchange shows that the young pair were establishing intimacy and rapport. After some nervous discussion about avoiding the press, Masako- san joked to Naruhito, "Perhaps I should get dressed up in a panda suit." Some panda...
...point the Owada family formally rejected the suit, on the grounds that their daughter could not decide. At least the reply hinted that she was thinking about the offer...
...report is by no means the end of the matter. The investigators will give the order dossiers on accused friars and administrators. A former St. Lawrence brother, who has pleaded not guilty, will go on trial in September. A civil damage suit has been filed against the order, and others are likely. Meanwhile there is an eerie tie to another scandal. Father Gale Leifeld, identified by victims as an abuser, who was promoted to principal of St. Lawrence, later became academic dean of Sacred Heart School of Theology, near Milwaukee. The school recently removed Leifeld and another administrator accused...