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...means that "we have just blown up whatever inroads we had made with the Teamsters," says a seasoned G.O.P. strategist. Teamsters leader James Hoffa has been flirting with bolting from the Democratic Party and seemed receptive to g.o.p. stroking, but Chavez is a bitter pill for even him to swallow. And thanks to Norton, a longtime advocate for oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, the strategist says, "we are also now undone with suburban women in the Midwest and California who care about the environment." Other Bush allies complain that by picking Ashcroft, a candidate to lead...
...speak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
Perhaps the Dutchmen left Moore unattended in front of the net, giving him not one, but three golden opportunities. But I'd hardly call it a fluke. Perhaps Fridgen should swallow his pride and concede to the better player and the better team...
Perhaps, but that hasn't made it any easier. It took Barak 10 hours of haggling with his cabinet behind closed doors last week before they voted 10-2 to accept the plan in principle. "There is an opportunity, despite the pain," Barak pleaded. Israel wouldn't swallow all of Clinton's ideas, he assured his cabinet. "I will not sign an agreement that transfers sovereignty on the [Temple] Mount to the Palestinians," the Prime Minister insisted. His army chief, Lieut. General Shaul Mofaz, also warned the cabinet that "there are a lot of gaps in the American plan...
...Sound like post-millennial paranoia? Don't be so sure. According to some industry experts, the latest airline news - that less than a year after United Airlines declared its intentions to swallow competitor USAirways, American is reportedly in talks to buy floundering TWA - points to a looming oligopoly and the disappearance of consumer options...