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...Plan for Prosperity In "The Face of Reform" [May 31], you correctly stated that India's new Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, faces immense challenges in his bid to improve the lot of India's rural poor. The government's efforts are diluted because of the vast issues they address. My humble suggestion is for the government to focus on four points: 1) limiting the birthrate in the rural population to just two children per family; 2) improving literacy among the rural population, particularly children; 3) promoting hygienic living habits; 4) increasing employment and business opportunities to supplement the country...
...Clinton takes the Starr assault well beyond the facts of the case and fits it into a witting effort by radical conservatives to keep power--the "vast right-wing conspiracy," a formulation he clearly supports but is careful not to use. For years Clinton has professed that fighting against impeachment was one of the triumphs of his Administration. He seems to have a dual purpose now: not just to discredit Starr but also to make the war against the ultraconservatives a significant part of his presidential legacy. He wants to be remembered for the Starr investigation...
...cents to the never-ending partisan donnybrook that has become a central component of his legacy. In his memoirs and our interview, he launched a blistering counterattack against the people whose books and actions were not in his "non-nutcase" category--the members of Hillary Clinton's "vast right-wing conspiracy," especially Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr...
...inadvertently). "Starr was the instrument of a grand design," the President said, launching a 30-minute disquisition into the historical roots of the rabid partisanship that marked his time in office. "He did what he was hired to do ... Hillary was hooted and derided for calling it a vast right-wing conspiracy. I joked with her afterwards, 'I don't know about the conspiracy word. A conspiracy is normally secret. This is wide open...
During one classroom session, an expert briefed us on the vast array of bombs available to terrorists, from so-called pregnancy bombs (strapped to a woman's stomach) to tiny ones set off by $5 watches to cell-phone-triggered devices. The instructor went over some of the four types and 700 models of hand grenades. Another bomb specialist noted, "You guys are the only law-enforcement agents who have to move toward an explosive device rather than away from it." He explained how to place blankets and luggage around an onboard bomb so that if it goes...