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...area of foreign policy, Clinton has concededly not been as successful. He has seemed to waver on what, if anything, to do in Bosnia and Croatia. The Somalia mission has been at times unfocused. And the President has seemed unsure of what to do in Haiti. In general, Clinton's foreign policy is undefined and seems to lack a strong sense of direction...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: The Energizer Bunny President | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

...Margaret Thatcher told Bush on the eve of the Gulf War, now is not the time to waver. This time, however, the enemy is not some megalomaniac dictator, but the tyranny of American public opinion...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, | Title: Foreign Policy by Poll | 11/16/1993 | See Source »

Later episodes waver between heavy-handed (Stephen Lang hamming it up as an embittered homeless man) and limply appealing (Melanie Mayron having relationship troubles). Like all anthology shows, Tribeca will have its ups and downs. But it also offers the pleasures of unpredictability: the sight of thinking, autonomous human beings facing real-world problems with no week-to- week narrative obligations. Don't call that quality; call it excitement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtown Pleasures | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

Despite the hissing and hostile questioning from members of the audience, Mansfield did not waver in his assertions about the origins of grade inflation, pointing to what he said were detrimental actions of professors who raised grades...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: Prof. Mansfield Defends Views | 3/12/1993 | See Source »

Although he dropped a decision to Cornell's Kyle Rackley, who eventually won the division, the determination of Drosos did not waver...

Author: By Mike Maciszewski, | Title: Grapplers Get Ninth | 3/9/1993 | See Source »

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