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While such a possibility would be highly unlikely, as Clinton has no ties to Harvard and lacks background in academia, even the suggestion of her candidacy has created controversy...
...them are under the age of 20. On the campaign trail to become President of the United States, Bush has downplayed his connections to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and has claimed to support common sense gun control proposals, such as closing the gun show loophole and requiring criminal background checks for sales at gun shows. In addition to some minor changes in federal law, Bush claims that the stricter enforcement of current laws would reduce gun violence without any further infringement on the American people's basic freedom to own firearms. (An American flag flaps in the background...
What drew someone from such a stable background to the study of marital distress? At the end of the 1960s, Wallerstein, whose Ph.D. is in clinical psychology, moved from Topeka, Kans., in the ho-hum heartland, to swinging California. "Divorce was almost unheard of in the Midwest," she recalls. Not so on the Gold Coast, the state had just passed its pioneering no-fault divorce law. Wallerstein took a job consulting at a large community mental-health center in Marin County just as the social dam began to crack. "We started to get complaints," she says, "from nursery school teachers...
That was the consensus of TIME's Board of Economists, which gathered in Manhattan to take stock of the economic background to the presidential race now getting into full swing. The group included advisers who have helped shape both the Bush and Gore programs, and they disputed--though with remarkably little heat--the merits of those plans. But Democrats, Republicans and nonpartisan professionals all agreed on the fundamental outlook. And they left more than a hint that it would change little, if at all, no matter who wins the White House...
...officials seconded from Paris. With 49 banks and 70 financial institutions for about 32,035 inhabitants, the principality attracts some of the world's wealthiest celebrities by levying no taxes on income, capital gains or dividends. This has long made Monaco a playground for the fabulously wealthy, of whatever background. The recent French report charged that offshore companies and trusts have bountiful opportunities to move funds for individuals whose identities remain hidden. Monagasque Minister of State Patrick Leclercq accused the French of presenting a "clearly biased overall view of the principality of Monaco," reaffirmed Monaco's desire to participate...