Word: wishing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...headlong confidence they brought there after their triumph in 1994, when they knew in their bones that they were the party with a direct channel to the majority will. What most Americans these days appear to want is reasonable safeguards for a personal well-being that they otherwise wish to pursue without interference. As the pollsters keep discovering, they care about education, HMO reform and shoring up Social Security. They also want a Congress that operates effectively on those matters and a President who's a bit like a mayor, a ground-level problem solver, even...
...maxim in Washington, as elsewhere, is to be careful of what you wish for, since the gods may grant it. For Republicans who sought a full-blown impeachment process, the problem is figuring out how to retreat now that voters have made clear how unpopular that crusade is. The post-Gingrich turmoil in the G.O.P. House leadership has created a vacuum on the issue. For Judiciary Committee chairman Henry Hyde, who wants to bring things to the fastest possible conclusion, that represents an opportunity to act with a minimum of interference from diehards who still want Clinton's head. There...
...replies, but don't expect them to send any that admit to outright perjury or obstruction of justice. The Republican strategy, cooked up before the election, seemed to be that eliciting denials from the White House on some issues would justify further hearings into these matters. That's another wish that may prove problematic. "We're like Wyle E. Coyote," said a conservative Republican staff member. "We've strapped on the rockets, and now we're headed straight into a wall...
...they choose." Indeed, they have done nothing other than be born into the "right" families to gain their seats. According to Archer, the fact that the hereditary Lords are finally voting to give up their privileges is a proof of their wisdom. If it is, I only wish the Lords had been slightly more clever sooner so that we did not have to wait so long. JIM HAHN Cambridge, England
Please take our concern seriously, FM. We wish you the best of luck and we're with you all 12 (or 15) steps of the way. Now that you know where to turn, we're confident that your rehabilitation is imminent. Even i you falter along your path to wellness, just try to quell your violent tendencies with a call to UHS Mental Heath Services (495-2042). And keep in mind that Blowing up Harvard is never the answer [vol.10,no.2...