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BOSNIA, SOMALIA, SADDAM HUSSEIN -- THEY'LL ALL BE Bill Clinton's problems next week. And they'll be the easy ones. Not even the thornier foreign issues that await the new President will nag as much as the nation's domestic economic troubles, the continuing crisis Bill Clinton has been elected to solve. As the deficit climbs, it is hard to know who is telling the truth, who should be blamed (if anyone), and harder still to get a fix on what exactly Clinton plans to do -- largely because the President-elect is enjoying the honeymoon that all newly elected...
...monarch and family, I think we should skip a generation and wait for William." The succession issue lies at the heart of the monarchy; for the institution to survive, it must be stable. If the Waleses pursue other romantic interests, as is likely, the Windsors may reel into even thornier problems than they faced...
...Community had little difficulty accepting joint action or increased cooperation in the areas of industrial affairs, health, education and immigration. But labor policy proved far thornier. Eleven members signed a "social chapter" that expands E.C. authority over labor practices, including minimum wages, working hours and firings. Again Britain opted out -- hardly surprising, given the years of Thatcherite determination to loosen labor unions' stranglehold on the country's economy...
...thornier issue is Bush's demand that a united Germany be a full- fledged member of NATO. The issue dominated the opening round of the Two- Plus-Four talks. Washington's position is endorsed by European governments on both sides of the old divide. They feel that the new Germany must be "embedded" in a joint security system -- NATO, at least for now -- just as it is in the European Community. The Europeans count on America's strategic nuclear umbrella to keep the Germans from reversing their treaty promises not to develop nuclear weapons...
...American beauty rosebush. Accepting the memento, Bhutto told the President that the roses would serve as a reminder of her "supportive visit" to Washington. She might have added that, while the atmosphere surrounding her meetings with U.S. officials was cordial, both sides went to considerable effort to avoid the thornier aspects of their relationship...