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...when he lost his first bid for re-election as Arkansas Governor, then struggled his way back to office two years later. It happened again in the presidential election of 1992, when his past kept getting in the way of his future, and again after the '94 Republican sweep, when he brooded, refashioned himself and then outsmarted a superior force...
From 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. today, organizers will make last-minute preparations and security officers will sweep the Yard for anything out of the ordinary...
...born in the decaying, politically absurd city of Washington D.C. My first computer was an Apple IIe, and I played "Dr. J vs. Larry Bird." I loved the little guy who would sweep up the glass after a slam dunk. He has been my inspiration for everything I've done since, including this column. Thank you squeaky clean...
...sweep of the political breakdown is astonishing. In Thailand, where the disintegration of the baht one year ago set off the tidal wave, the Prime Minister presided over a spectacularly corrupt regime. General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, a former army chief turned politician, wasted billions propping up ailing finance companies owned by political cronies. When the currency crumbled under the pressure, he chose to throw good money after bad in a futile attempt to avoid a humiliating devaluation. Malaysia's cantankerous, 72-year-old Premier Mahathir Mohamad, strongman for 17 years, ran a one-man show with total control over the country...
NAIROBI: Don't set too much store by reports that "suspects" have been held in connection with last week's embassy bombing. "They've made a broad sweep of people deemed 'suspicious' -- often simply because of their Arab origins -- but none of them have actually been arrested," says TIME reporter Clive Mutiso. "They are, in official parlance, simply 'assisting the police with inquiries.' If the authorities had evidence linking them directly to the bombing, they would be likely to have arrested them by now." Mutiso reports that while investigators are making progress, solving the crime remains some...