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How could I make anybody mad with that record? Because I changed the name of the department, from the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission to the Department of Economic Development, to reflect its new, broader scope of activityThe AIDC, it turned out, was a sacred brand name to many influential businesspeople who had served on the [...]

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So did Paul Tsongas, who said the Clinton who spoke to Congress was not the Clinton he ran against, which, of course, is what my political advisors and some congressional Democrats were worried about There were enough important and controversial proposals in the speech to keep Congress busy for the rest of the year, not [...]

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Virginia, he said, was like a rubber ball; the harder life put her down, the higher she bouncedBrother John reminded the crowd of Mothers automatic response to every problem: Thats no hill for a stepper The service featured the hymns she lovedWe all sang Amazing Grace and Precious Lord, Take My HandHer friend Malvie Lee [...]

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Three out of four Americans had policies with lifetime limits on how much of their health-care costs would be covered, meaning they could lose their insurance just when they needed it mostThe system hurt small businesses, too; their premiums were 35 percent higher than those paid by large businesses and governmentTo control costs, more and [...]

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I remain glad that we gave Haiti a chance The Haitian intervention also provided strong evidence of the wisdom of multilateral responses in the worlds trouble spotsNations working together, and through the UN, spread the responsibilities and costs of such operations, reduce resentment against the United States, and build invaluable habits of cooperationIn an increasingly [...]

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Then she told them about the success wed had the second time around, by focusing on one or two issues every two years, and laying out long-term goals, along with short-term benchmarks of progress against which we could be judgedThat kind of approach, she said, enabled me to develop a story line people could understand [...]

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But Israels covenant with God, for freedom, for tolerance, for security, for peacethat covenant must holdThat covenant was Prime Minister Rabins lifes workNow we must make it his lasting legacyI closed with Shalom, chaver Somehow those two words, Shalom, chaverGood-bye, friendhad captured the feelings of Israelis about RabinI had a number of Jewish staff members [...]

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After the violence in Tiananmen Square and the crackdown on dissidents that followed, Americans from across the political spectrum felt the Bush administration had been too quick to reestablish normal relations with BeijingDuring the election campaign I had been critical of President Bushs policy, and in 1993 I had issued an executive order requiring progress [...]

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The trusted friend of many a distinguished prig and murderer, he so intimately mastered the slang and etiquette of the Jug, that he was appointed arbiter A BOOK OF SCOUNDRELS of all those nice questions of honour which agitated the more reputable among the cross-coves But these were the diversions of a strenuous mind, and [...]

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By Nature ’tis unlawful as ’tis injuring Society: as ’tis robbing God of what is His Right and Property; as ’tis depriving the Slain of the satisfaction of Eating, Drinking, Talking, and the Light of the Sun, which it is his right to enjoy And especially ’tis unlawful, as it is sending a Soul naked [...]

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