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...call for an investigation came a day after a State Department official said that the administration tacitly approved the 1994 arms transfers because of the Bosnians' desperate military situation. "President Clinton's policy of virtually inviting Iran into Europe could have disastrous results for America," said Gingrich. "The president undertook this reckless policy hastily and then kept it secret from Congress, the American people and our European allies." While the GOP will try to get as much political mileage as possible out of the inquiry, TIME's James Carney says it's not likely to be a major issue...
...dramatically. International trade, previously heavily regulated and dominated by informal agreements and long-term relationships, has opened to fierce worldwide competition. The low wages and social security costs combined with a hard-working workforce in the emerging markets have initiated a somewhat brutal fight for survival in business. Companies undertook massive restructuring and layoffs in order to compete. Working hours have increased in the United States, and unemployment has increased in Europe while the standard of living has remained unchanged...
...gifts and a confident personality. All Charles had was grit. After finally slogging through Cambridge and a stint in the navy that he found difficult, he had his own ideas about being the heir apparent, and they distanced him from his mother and sovereign. By the time he undertook the biographical film and the book, he neither consulted nor informed her of his plan...
Buchanan expressed his sentiments for a Christian America when he said: "America was a Christian country. A quarter of a century ago, without prior consultation with a democratic people, without support in precedent or the Constitution, the Warren Court undertook the systematic de-Christianization of America." It seems Buchanan ought to refresh himself on the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights. Is not there something on religious freedom written there...
...economical because of the shared expenses of function rooms, rental cars and mailing costs. In addition, a much larger number of people will come to a presentation made by five colleges than by one. We conducted six other such visits last spring with Duke, Georgetown and Penn, and we undertook 12 more during the fall...