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...naturalization experience was an occasion my family and I will always look back upon proudly. The respect commanded by the imposing figure of the black-cloaked judge who swore us in seemed to be justice personified. Nothing could have been a more credible symbol of equality than the man who called upon us to renounce all allegiances to the country of our birth. I was proud to be held accountable, for the first time, to all of the responsibilities demanded of naturally-born citizens...
...Ecuador's lawmakers are discovering that in their country, "El Presidente" is a very common name. When Congress voted 44-34 Thursday night to oust President Abdala Bucaram for "mental incapacity" after two days of massive strikes and protests, the streets of Quito erupted in celebration. The legislature quickly swore in its own leader, Fabian Alarcon, as interim president pending new elections. But after the vote, a defiant Bucaram barricaded himself inside the national palace, surrounded by troops in combat uniforms, saying he won't turn over the government to "congressional conspirators." To further complicate matters, Bucaram's vice president...
...shed the extra 100 lbs. she carried on her 5-ft. 9-in. frame. But the weight had always been hard to take off and had always come back. This time seemed different. In her first two months on her new regimen, Dorsett had dropped 40 lbs., and she swore she would lose 60 more by the end of the year. If she was going to fall off the wagon, though, it would probably be here, at one of her favorite restaurants. But try as she might, Dorsett couldn't even finish her potato, the most tempting part...
Saying Clinton stole the G.O.P.'s positions misses the point. He stole their issues and refinished them with his own less severe, and therefore more acceptable, gloss. Even welfare reform was made easier to swallow for the Democrats' more liberal adherents when the President swore he would "fix" the bill's toughest commands in a second term...
...much better price--free. Available over the Web, the browser notched a million downloads in its first week. Netscape stockholders voted with their feet: by late August, Netscape stock had shed half its value from a December high, while Microsoft shares approached record levels. And Gates swore the best was yet to come...