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...They had a tougher schedule than Princeton," Delaney Smith said. "Penn played a few Big 5 schools...
...long time, there were all these people who wanted political reform but weren't sure any Democrat could deliver it. So when Perot got the vote he got, that really gave me the impetus to stick with the political reform. I think this will open the system to making tougher decisions...
...basically looking at a tougher situation than you thought...
...them elected. In tense sessions before and after the conference, Clinton and his top advisers fretted that his campaign pledge to cut the deficit in half within four years -- while cutting middle-class taxes and spending more on everything from highways to veterans' benefits -- now looks a lot tougher to meet than they expected. Failure to fulfill it could prove as politically damaging to Clinton as was President Bush's "no new taxes...
...dubious. The banning of extremist groups will probably mean little in practical terms. Most of those who commit the crimes either belong to groups that barely deserve to be called extremist or are lone operators. Officials admit that a ban also forces the more organized groups underground, making it tougher to track them. Nonetheless, political scientist Gerd Mielke maintains that the ban "is a blow against right-wing extremists in making their activities illegal. Much more important is its function as symbolic politics, as drawing a line for the public." Not enough of that defining, of what is acceptable...