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...morning, as the assault began, reporters asked Clinton if he knew what was happening. In fact, Clinton had been briefed periodically on the progress in Waco from the start, by Reno's predecessor Stuart Gerson and by her deputy Webster Hubbell, a close friend of the Clintons'. "I was aware of it," he said. "I think the Attorney General made the decision." Pushed further, he added, "I knew it was going to be done, but the decisions were entirely theirs...
Though Bill Clinton has, as yet, no settled policy on trade, the signs are that he wants to enforce restrictions--and that he will be a lot more forceful than his relatively accommodating predecessor, George Bush. Where necessary, that will mean using coercion to demand better access to foreign markets for American exporters. And nowhere is such an approach more necessary, many of Clinton's advisers say, than in dealing with Japan--whose trade surplus with America is growing, and whose leaders are not to be trusted. To get results in Japan, the argument goes, toothless multilateral pacts...
Such involvement by salaried doctors helps control costs. "My predecessor did not operate," says Hardenbergh. "But I'm doing much of the major surgery. That's a savings because I'm on salary...
Past efforts masterminded by former President Derek C. Bok and Hoyte's predecessor Ronald Quincy have apparently failed. Bok and Quincy wanted to match minority and women faculty percentages at Harvard with those of their corresponding fields in the general work force...
Some workers interviewed supported Berry, saying he was a better more accessible leader than his predecessor, Frank J. Weissbecker...