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...swore to myself I would not become engagedas an undergraduate. I had heard too many horrorstories," Gwertzman says. "I was very wary...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: From MORTARBOARDS to Matrimony | 6/7/1995 | See Source »

With Moscow reflexively fearful of any scheme it can't dominate -- "They're world champions at improving on nightmares," says Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott -- Washington is walking a tightrope of incoherence. Clinton swore again last week that nato will expand, but slowly, so as to avoid a "differently divided Europe." Yet that, of course, is exactly what an enlarged NATO would mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUMMIT-TIME BLUES | 5/22/1995 | See Source »

House Republicans who swore to repeal President Clinton'sban on assault weaponslast summer introduced their bill today. Members of House Firearms Legislation Task Force, backed by several conservative Democrats, threw in mandatory minimum sentences forusing a gun in any serious state or federal crime: five years for possessing a firearm, 10 years for brandishing one and 20 years for firing one. The House plans a May vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUN BAN ROLLBACK HITS THE HILL | 4/7/1995 | See Source »

...Wilson pledged to finish his full term as California's Governor, "and should do just that." Phil Gramm's aides point to inconsistencies in Wilson's record--"opportunistic wafflings," says Gramm strategist Charles Black. Wilson advisers deflect such shots with blithe confidence. "Big deal," says pollster Dick Dresner. "Clinton swore he'd serve his term [as Arkansas' Governor], and no one's record is totally coherent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOR PETE'S SAKE | 3/27/1995 | See Source »

Prost filed a new affidavit last month in which she swore that she is still the primary caregiver for the children, except that now it is haphazard and at her husband's discretion. Prost says she still drives them to school and day care, stays home when they are sick, arranges for their shots, buys their shoes and goes along on field trips and to soccer practice. She does all the kids' laundry, which is dropped off along with them. Greene disagrees but is not required to respond to matters already decided at trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOES FATHER KNOW BEST? | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

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