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...have seen such examples cited anonymously in these pages, usually by writers not wishing to unduly embarrass the mistake-making player. This same writer, mind you, typically has no problem elevating that same player upon a pedestal when he/she does well--and thus do we get closer to the heart of the problem...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Roadkill at Rest: "Caring Criticism" | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Those who are in charge of the congressional hearings have the majority in both houses and can pass meaningful campaign-finance-reform legislation, if that is what they really want. Sadly, I think we will find the real purpose of the hearings is to embarrass the Democrats. When the smoke has cleared, there will be no real reform. Business as usual. BILL RICHMOND Carmichael, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 7, 1997 | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

Burton likes to think about heaven. He might even be said to revel in it. Oddly enough, he has had to struggle to think about it or at least to find fellow believers and pastors whom his thoughts don't embarrass. And more oddly still, his struggle is not unique. It began about 14 years ago, when Burton, then attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, converted from his childhood Southern Baptist faith to Catholicism. For the most part, the switch suited him fine. The Baptists were a little too easygoing for him; he preferred the Catholic view that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOES HEAVEN EXIST? | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...somehow never learned from his NSC subordinates of keen FBI concerns that China was trying to influence congressional elections. Questions about his competence deepened today on reports that even after his own NSC tried to warn the White House that Joh nny Chung was "a hustler" who might embarrass the Clintons, Chung blithely continued to visit Hillary Clinton's office. Apparently, the warning never reached the right folks. Committee chairman Richard Shelby wondered aloud whether Congress or t he White House could trust Lake to report critical information, given his dead-letter performance at NSC: "How can we be sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Daily of March 12, 1997 | 3/12/1997 | See Source »

...government of President Ernesto Zedillo, which succeeded a regime peppered with charges of corruption, had made great efforts to be seen as a credible partner in the war against drugs. Why then would Zedillo fail to send an early warning when Gutierrez was first suspected--and as a result embarrass the Administration? The timing was especially unfortunate. The arrest took place less than two weeks before Clinton is to send his annual report to Congress certifying Mexico's commitment to the antidrug effort. While Clinton will not decertify Mexico, the news undercuts his claim that antidrug cooperation has improved under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLUELESS IN WASHINGTON | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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