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...case of Benda's work at Fernald, the research was sponsored by the Quaker Oats Co. and isotopes were supplied by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's predecessor. MIT scientists also shared in the work at Fernald...
...year into the Clinton Administration, Duffy is still struck by the contrast between this President and his predecessor. It is, he says, the difference "between covering a game of checkers and a game of three- dimensional chess. Clinton is a much more complex politician than Bush, and his agenda is as sprawling as his management style." The Bush White House ran with almost military precision, even when its direction was unclear, Duffy says, while Clinton and his staff have a strong sense of direction but are constantly rushing to catch up with themselves. In person, Duffy finds the two Presidents...
Last year, my predecessor as editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson cited me as an example of the growing tide of conservatism on Harvard's campus. My ascension at The Crimson was deemed fairly revolutionary, because unlike every editorial chair in recent memory, I was a registered Republican...
Surrounding this clash between King and commoner is a whirl of political intrigue. There's a Fergie-like princess with a potentially explosive diary, a royal aide hiding a homosexual affair and assorted political tricksters, both dirty and deadly. Like its predecessor, To Play the King is a wonderfully savvy, supremely cynical picture of real-world politics that makes American efforts in the same vein (JFK: Reckless Youth) look like Saturday-morning cartoons. Michael Kitchen, as the King, is starchy yet appealingly human; in its fictional way, To Play the King does more to demystify the British monarchy than...
Hillary Clinton, however, clearly faced an ethical problem even by Little Rock standards. "While Rose Law Firm represented people all the time before state agencies, most elected officials would conclude that Hillary had a conflict in this situation," argues Frank White, Clinton's G.O.P. predecessor as Governor. At any rate, the stock deal, though approved, never went through. By the end of 1986, federal regulators had moved in on Madison Guaranty, ousting McDougal as chairman in the vain hope of rescuing the thrift...