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Walker stepped up to the mound in the bottom of the fifth to wipe away the Big Red once and for all. By doubleheader's end Walker had shut down Cornell's hitting and struck out six more batters...

Author: By Deirdre K. Mcnamer, | Title: W. Softball Road Warriors Earn 2-2 Split Over Weekend | 4/19/1994 | See Source »

...back to Washington and wipe away all the forces that seek to demean, to divide, to downgrade and just focus on the spirit and the hope and the dignity we see in the faces of these young people here, we could solve the problems of this country and do it in short order," Clinton said...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clinton Speaks at Area Fundraiser | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...members of President Clinton's Cabinet will note as they watch his State of the Union address on Jan. 25 that one Secretary is missing from the audience. It is a little-known tradition that one Cabinet member does not attend the speech, lest some calamity occur and wipe out everyone in the line of succession to the presidency. There is no rule for how the designee is chosen, but he or she is typically told at the last minute. For too long, the men and women who shoulder this terrible burden have done so in obscurity. Here are some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President -- Conceivably | 1/31/1994 | See Source »

...other hand, a specific ban on abatements would wipe out their pernicious effect, but would also preclude their useful application. For example, a town couldn't help a longtime local company through tough times by easing its tax burden temporarily...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: The Siren Call of Tax Abatements | 12/11/1993 | See Source »

...week on Meet the Press, President Clinton pointedly declined to rule out any "specific options" on how he might militarily deal with North Korea's advancing nuclear-weapons program. But Time has learned that Clinton Administration officials have studied -- and dismissed -- the possibility of launching an air strike to wipe out the communist regime's nuclear program. The locations of North Korea's nuclear reactors are known, but analysis has shown they could not be destroyed without releasing unacceptable levels of radioactivity that could spread through East Asia. With the surgical-air- strike option now off the table, diplomatic pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: the Gravest Threat: Dealing with North Korea's Nuclear Program | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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