Word: tugged
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...flip essay with Aromavision (Clinton probably doesn't either, but one imagines he's grown used to this sort of thing). Thirty-odd years of expecting Presidents to be adept television performers and 30-odd years of Presidents' playing to that expectation -- the catch in Reagan's voice, the tug on Clinton's lip -- have chipped away at our notions of intimacy, dignity and content, leaving behind a fat appetite for sheer spectacle. Not always by design, the Clinton Administration is far and away the most entertaining in recent memory (excepting, of course, its wonky bits). Nannygate, the $200 haircut...
...tug between ideals and interests has produced a mush of mixed signals since Clinton took office. After saying before he was elected that he would deny MFN to China, Clinton continued the policy last May, but only conditionally. He threatened a cutoff this spring if Beijing's human-rights record failed to demonstrate "overall significant progress." It hasn't. Now, says House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Lee Hamilton, Clinton "can't renew MFN unless he lies...
Houses will compete in co-ed "tug-of-war" onSaturday. The council will present prizes torepresentatives from the two winning houses...
...considered -- as one of the President's own Executive Orders directs. Beyond the absence of dialogue -- HHS's bolt came without warning and flew in the face of earlier Administration assertions promising the states "flexibility" on abortion- funding questions -- what overlays this latest abortion-rights battle is the tug between two Clinton beliefs that have come into conflict: freedom of choice and states' rights...
Apart from the well-known benefits that will accrue to Bill Clinton in the wake of his NAFTA victory, another possible advantage is seen for the * President by some White House aides: a measure of independence from Hillary Rodham Clinton and the left-of-center tug of her office. The First Lady opposed making NAFTA a top priority this fall, senior officials point out, and remained silent on the subject for weeks. But Clinton campaigned hard for the treaty anyway, proving he could overcome long odds -- and his wife's doubts...