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...they are going to do something clever with the G-7, or they are going to pass a constitutional amendment to balance the budget. When I get the numbers wrong on a stock or on a credit situation, that is one thing, but to see the authorities with a wink and a nudge just sparring for more time, that's another...
...that he will get Iran's help to break the embargo, and even believes he could win a war. But he might try a (probably unacceptable) compromise offer first. -- As Iraqis loot Kuwait, a finger-pointing debate starts on whether -- and who in -- Washington might have given an unintentional wink and nod. -- Gorbachev asks for the power to decree economic reform, but who cares? Power is passing to the republics anyway. -- History is likely to remember General Jaruzelski more fondly than do his Polish countrymen...
Some in Washington have argued that Glaspie's enunciation of U.S. policy might have seemed a nod and a wink in the Middle East style, giving a green light to Iraqi action. But Saddam indicated that he had already formed a judgment on the limits of U.S. power. "The nature of American society," he told her, "makes it impossible for the U.S. to bear tens of thousands of casualties in one battle...
...Robin Johnston 14 7 1 15 Tracy Hackeling 14 2 4 8 Tory Fair 14 2 2 6 Ann Kletz 14 1 1 3 Andrea Montalbano 14 1 0 2 Kai Morioka 10 1 0 2 Erin Matias 13 1 0 2 Sharon Olken 13 1 0 2 Jenny Wink 10 1 0 2 Jen Gifford 4 0 1 1 Chris Biggs 14 0 1 1 Tara Weinstock 14 0 1 1 Sue Caris 10 0 1 1 Kristy Gaschler 5 0 1 1 Laurie Hauber 14 0 0 0 Amy Weinstein 14 0 0 0 Heather Jackson...
...they take comfort from the fact that Bush's pick has the strong backing of White House chief of staff John Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire who appointed Souter to the state supreme court in 1983. Says one senior Republican: "There's been a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod among conservatives who think Souter is Sununu's guy and therefore can be trusted...