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...Clinton administration broached the topic ever-so-cautiously. That left ample opportunity for Colin Powell, the darling of the American public whose position on gays in the military was well known, to sway people to his side of the argument. A four-star general versus a draft dodger? No contest...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Living Up to His Title | 1/21/1994 | See Source »

Figley, the older suspect, had boarded at Stevens' house, drunk with him at a bar called McGhan's, and was regarded locally as a harmless layabout under his younger friend's sway. Last June, Stevens sent Figley on a deadly errand ! to Mount Vernon, Kentucky, police say. There, under the name Leslie V. Milbury, Figley bought 55 lbs. of Power Prime dynamite. (Government officials later noted pointedly that explosives can be sold over the counter as easily as guns could before the Brady Bill.) Back in New York, the two used around 48 sticks' worth to craft last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death on Delivery | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...quality of the music, thankfully, isn't compromised by that of the lyrics. "We need a love revival/Somewhere for us to begin/To take apart the wounded hearts/and love them back together again/...gotta find the reasons why/It's easier to say goodbye" ("Easier to Say Goodbye"). Trumpets blare and sway; snare drums rock you gently; Oleta croons; your roommate walks in just in time to catch you belting that last note into your spare shoe-come-microphone...

Author: By Irit Kleiman, | Title: Survival of The Soulful | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...Republicans voted with the President, while only 40% of Democrats did so. The fate of the agreement had been in grave doubt, and Clinton virtually staked the future of his presidency on its passage, so the victory was substantial. Critics charged that Clinton used too many special deals to sway legislators, while supporters claimed that Clinton's horse trading demonstrated his savvy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week November 14-20 | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

Scalise's recruiting prowess and the Harvard program helped sway the Dudley Co-op resident from attending the Berkeley campus of the California university system. Kory's sister walked the ground where The Nude Guy made headlines, and Kory was "99 percent sure" she would be, too. But swimming there did not seem like too much...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Kory Takes Team Trail to Excellence | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

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