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...after the Democratic Convention, with Al Gore's bounce beginning to register in the polls, the mood in Austin, Texas, was one of unflappable calm. George W. Bush's advisers had predicted Gore's surge; now they were saying it wouldn't last. All Bush had to do, a senior aide said, was stay focused on his message and not let Gore goad him into a fight. "We need to keep from falling into the trap of looking at what they're doing and then responding...
...gets shortchanged, don't count on the General Assembly's being in a charitable mood when its vote comes up to lower the U.S. dues--even if that means losing the $582 million from the old tab. "Annan now has the delicate task of trying to cajole everybody to go in the right direction," says Steven Dimoff, vice president of the United Nations Association. It may be Annan's trickiest diplomatic gambit...
...Bush finds the case for substance isn't working, he may do what his father did in 1988 - play rough. And I am not sure Americans are in the mood for that this time. It might merely confirm their suspicions...
...Nixon the pill-gobbler, who during the White House years consumed Dilantin like M & M's. The drug, an anti-convulsant usually prescribed to forestall petit-mal epileptic seizures, was also supposed to be an anti-irritant and mood stabilizer. Summers says Nixon took it in order to relieve the stresses of his job and, well, of being such an odious thing as Richard Nixon...
...girls who enter puberty at age seven or so seem to progress through it slowly and grow up none the worse for it. The important thing for parents is to make sure their children understand that what they're going through is natural and to prepare them for the mood swings and teasing they may endure...