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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pants. They'd rather throw Tony Blair's name on the table for the way Blair moved England's Labour Party to the center. Even the Wall Street Journal made that comparison last month, holding its nose and flattering the Democratic Governor in the reluctant, quivering tone one might use to proclaim that proctological exams, while unpleasant, can be a good thing...
...California Republican Party's convention. To spur the American team on to its jingoistic, fist-pumping victory, Bush gave a pep talk in which he compared the brave golfers fighting to win a noisome corporate-infested sporting event to the brave men who fought to save the Alamo--the use of the profound in service of the mundane...
This summer, after he told farmers he doesn't like to use the term farm crisis because it is too negative, Ventura, for a million dollars or so, climbed back into the pro-wrestling ring as a referee, to be among men strutting around the ring pointing at their butts and yelling butt-related words for the audience to yell back at them. It wasn't a proud moment for Minnesotans, especially if you made the mistake of watching. Then, in September, Ventura touted Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. Let's be clear about this: anyone who imagines Donald...
...Washington the Clinton Administration is following events with alarm. "We have asked the Russians to clarify their actions and intentions," says State Department spokesman James Rubin, adding that the U.S. is urging constructive dialogue on both sides. The use of force, he says, "will make dialogue that much harder to occur...
...Korean infiltrators in civilian garb had been slipping through U.S. lines, guiding in artillery strikes and sniping at the retreating Americans. Days earlier, units of the 1st Cavalry Division had issued a chilling order. "No refugees to cross the front line. Fire everyone trying to cross lines," it said. "Use discretion in case of women and children...