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...changes into the 239-page draft that was widely leaked two weeks ago. One sample: to reassure women's groups, the Administration put obstetricians and gynecologists with the "primary-care physicians" whose numbers it wants to swell, rather than with the "specialists" whose ranks it intends to thin. Magaziner expects to make about as many more changes in each of the three or four remaining weeks between Clinton's speech and the submission of a "last and final" draft bill to Congress...
...thin ray of hope for peace glowed as Bosnia's beleaguered Muslims signed separate cease-fire agreements with Croatia and with the Bosnian Serbs. If the truces hold, all three parties may soon be signing a peace accord that would partition the former Yugoslav republic into a confederation of three ethnic zones. The agreement, if ratified, would allow any of the three enclaves to withdraw from the confederation after two years...
Police are looking for a Black male, between 18 and 22 years old, with a thin build and black hair styled in a crew cut. At the time he was spotted, the suspect was wearing a red t-shirt, sweat pants and black high-topsneakers, Rooney said...
After the first song, the curtain dropped and a thin man with a scruffy beard and Jesus-like hairstyle strutted to the front of the stage in front of a crowd of perhaps a mere 15,000. This guy, who did a great impersonation of a homeless person in appearance, was none other than David Gahan...
...peace process generally. As nothing else, a thriving Palestinian economy can stay the Arab fundamentalists' hand. But "if ((the West Bank's)) economy continues to more closely resemble Somalia's than Singapore's," says an Arafat adviser, "then all bets are off." With America's wallet thin, Clinton must craft a massive multilateral aid effort, much as the Administration brokered funds for Russia. Clinton can also encourage private investment and help fashion a Middle East common market. "It is yet to be proved that this is one of the great moments of history," says former Israeli President Chaim Herzog...