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...staff and First Buddy will stick around at least until Congress puts the finishing touches on the budget in the fall, but the person upon whom most of the speculation has devolved is Sandy Berger, the National Security Council chief who missed getting the job last year by a whisker of his perpetual five o'clock shadow. Aides say Berger is much more of a disciplinarian than Bowles or Leon Panetta, and unafraid to give Clinton bad news with the bark off. An Asia specialist who enjoys the support of the First Lady, Berger is also intensely political...
...potential rival would face the same predicament Gingrich finds himself in: the G.O.P. majority is whisker-thin, the President is far more popular than House Republicans, and the public has expressed a greater appetite for action than ideology. While a President can look useful just by holding summits and improving child car-seat safety, Gingrich's troops have much more to lose if nothing much gets passed this year; in just 19 months they have to face voters again...
...been nearly 90 years since America has had a bewhiskered or stubbly-faced Vice President. Indiana Senator Charles Fairbanks served four years as Teddy Roosevelt's Veep. When he attempted to reclaim the office as Charles Evans Hughes' running mate, the two men lost the 1916 election by a whisker...
...absolutely true. The talent-laden New York Mets of the early 1990's self-destructed. The 1989 Orioles, loaded with low-budget rookies, came within a whisker of winning the AL East. Chemistry counts...
JUST HOURS AFTER THE QUEBEC REFERENDUM ON SEPARATION that came within a whisker of breaking up Canada--and may yet do so--President Clinton pronounced. "Ethnic diversity can be the hallmark of a strong and prosperous society," said his spokesman. "The President has often said that our ethnic diversity here in America is one source of our greatest strength..and hopefully it will be for the people of Canada as well...