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"Part of our weakness has been a whole lot of infighting and a lack of focus on how to deliver quality service," he says. "We seem to have been dwelling too much on some of our weaknesses."

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: At 29 Garden, It's Vallier to the Rescue | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

Aiding Barry's chances is the weakness of the opposition. Kelly won office with a promise to sweep the city clean of the corruption and mismanagement that plagued Barry's last years in power. But critics say she has done little to cure the ills of Washington, where a third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marion Barry: Forgive Me, Voter | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

The mainstream plan also contains what may be a serious policy weakness. It calls for community rating, which has the effect of narrowing the gap between the low premiums paid by the young and the high premiums paid by the elderly. But it doesn't mandate universal coverage, which would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Checking Out | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

As caretaker leader Sylvestre Ntibantunganya attempts to placate the Tutsi opposition and restless army, his perceived weakness has encouraged violence from extremists on both sides. Since the failed coup, neighborhoods in Bujumbura have split into ethnic enclaves where residents are forced to travel through enemy territory to go to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hell Postponed: Burundi's Balance of Fear | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

On the offensive last Friday in Minneapolis, an angry President confidently told a group of police officials, "We're going to get you a crime bill." That pledge will be redeemed but not because Bill Clinton promised it. The President's own political weakness was largely responsible for the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: Fix the Crime Bill Now | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

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