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...sanctions. The oil-for-food program has not been a success--Hussein has not taken full advantage of it in order to capitalize on the suffering of his own people. By offering direct humanitarian assistance and asking others to do the same, America has the opportunity to regain some semblance of moral leadership on this issue. The U.S. must make good on former president George H.W. Bush's claim that America's quarrel is with Hussein, not with the Iraqi people...
...struggled to regain his footing, Clinton was even able to conscript a few ragged surrogates to put a noble if belated spin on the Rich pardon. Clinton did it, they said, to please Ehud Barak, as a gift to a man who risked so much for peace that he got kicked out of office. One problem with that explanation is that Israeli officials downplay Barak's role, saying it consisted of a brief mention during one phone call; sources close to Clinton contend there were at least three. Either way, the Rich effort paled beside Barak's unsuccessful effort...
...moral authority with a lot of this stuff. It leads people to say, "This man isn't really a populist; he is a phony, a fraud." And though this perception is completely wrong in substance, it is enormously damaging and has to be dealt with. He has to regain the moral authority to call people to sacrifice.'...If he fails to adjust quickly, he will confirm the widespread belief that the biggest problem with the Clinton presidency is Clinton himself...
More frustrating than the silly fouls and the rebounding ineptitude was the Crimson's inability to regain the lead after falling behind early. Harvard pulled within a basket of tying or taking the lead seven times after the initial 12-2 deficit. After each and every Harvard run, the Bears were able to pull away. Suffice it to say, Harvard never had the lead at any point in the game...
...dejected as the team, Rahul and I were driven back to Cambridge that night by our crack sports photographer Jonelle Lonergan. Surely, I thought, Harvard would win at Yale and regain momentum heading into the final stretch of the Ivy season. After some merriment and ill-advised emails, I slept soundly before our next trip...