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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certainly getting a lot of help from the tattered and divisive Democratic Party. The party's congressional wing defines itself by confronting the Republicans almost as a reflex, while Clinton tends toward conciliation. Morris' growing influence is sure to exacerbate that split, even though his career makes clear that he is able--and willing--to argue any side of a political issue in order to win, a telling trait his buddy Clinton has also been accused of possessing. At the same time, no amount of accommodation seems to placate Southern conservatives. Last week Congressman Nathan Deal of Georgia became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE | 4/24/1995 | See Source »

Indeed, the secret of success this year in the NHL has been with the backstop, as both Detroit and Quebec feature solid savers. Where has Mike Vernon come from? The Red Wing is most notably known for his playoff performance as a Calgary Flame, but has risen from the dead. Watch and see if the old guy still can pack a wallop...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: No Sieve | 4/21/1995 | See Source »

...Democratic city committee also contends that Fried's right-wing arguments during his federal tenure make him unsuitable for a spot as a jurist on the nine-member SJC. The city Democrats voted last Monday to formally oppose Fried's nomination...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Fried's Possible High Court Nomination Irks Tenant Groups | 4/18/1995 | See Source »

...intellectual movement against feminism andmulticulturalism began with the right-wing attackin the United States, and has been picked up byboth the French right-wing in the case of LeFigaro and also by some liberal Frenchjournalists and intellectuals, Suleiman says...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Two Professors Sue French Magazine | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...think that a lot of silly things are beingdone by left-wing professors in the U.S. and inFrance, so the left does open itself to criticism,but it sounds as if Figaro, like WallStreet Journal, is using this silliness to mount acampaign against anything that opposes their ownright-wing view," he says, Rorty says Jardine andSuleiman are not examples of this "silliness...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Two Professors Sue French Magazine | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

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