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Forced by a federal court order to abide by an 1872 mining law, Interior ( Secretary Bruce Babbitt signed over nearly 2,000 acres of federally owned land in Nevada for a mere $9,765 to a Canadian-based company, enabling it to mine what could amount to billions of dollars of gold on the property free of any royalties. A disgusted Babbitt urged Congress to speed up an overhaul of the antiquated law to end such sales...
...depends, of course: Bad taste in what? There were Nazis who came home from work at Auschwitz and listened to Mozart. An elegant emperor may also be a sadist or an idiot or a weakling. If good taste were the qualification for leadership, the greatest Presidents might be interior decorators...
...meandered into the President's study, then spent more than two hours in one of Clinton's trademark, late-night rap sessions. Clinton questioned Babbitt on everything from the Interior Department, which the former Governor of Arizona heads, to the history of the Supreme Court. They talked about possible candidates for the court, previous nominees, the 20 or so Senators who would oppose a Babbitt nomination out of pique over his Western-lands policy, the politicians appointed to the high court in the past. Finally, at about 2:30 a.m., with Clinton unflagging, Babbitt departed. Friends say he left feeling...
...Babbitt nomination that raised the most worrisome prospect, a real confirmation battle. Last year the Interior Secretary angered Senators from Western states by trying to raise fees for grazing, mining and water rights on federal lands. As Babbitt pulled out in front of the other choices last week, Utah's Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, predicted a fight. Though minority leader Robert Dole told the President privately that Babbitt could still be confirmed, probably by a vote of 80 to 20, the White House remained concerned about the possibility of a revolt spreading among Senate Democrats...
Another drawback of Mass. Hall life is that thedorm, which has not been renovated for decades,sometimes shows signs of its old age. Yard dormrenovations began with the exterior of Mass Hall,but its interior is last in line forrehabilitation...