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...been remarkably free of the public backbiting that afflicts most campaigns, though there are internal turf battles between longtime loyalists and the Democratic hired guns recruited for the race. But, more important, there is scant evidence that the Clinton campaign has developed a game plan bold enough to regain momentum in the most volatile and unorthodox presidential race in recent U.S. history...
...nation is alive with positive, creative political energies" that never find an outlet in national elections. Yet Greider is too much the realist (covering 20 years of quixotic presidential campaigns inevitably dampens one's dreams) to map out much of a battle plan for John and Jane Doe to regain control of the levers of national power...
...will get rougher for them once they emerge from Chapter 11 protection and are forced to survive on their own resources -- something many analysts fear these weaker carriers may be unable to do for long. Once rid of such pesky competitors and their cutthroat tactics, the major airlines could regain full control of airfares -- and might then be free to raise them. "This is the nightmare that the marginal carriers didn't want to see happen," says John Riener, president of commercial operations for Carlson Travel Network, the largest U.S. travel company. "There's the scent of a final kill...
...poser. Closely related to his friend, the grunter, the poser spends most of his time in front of the mirror. Whether flexing his muscles, straightening his shirt or fixing his hair, the poser seems more interested in picking up dates than in packing up weights. To regain his focus, the poser should spend an evening with an officer of the Radcliffe Union of Students...
...Iran is determined to regain its former stature as the pre-eminent power in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians are spending $2 billion a year on sophisticated weaponry -- from MiG-29 and Su-24 fighter bombers, to at least two Kilo-class attack submarines, all from Russia. They have a fairly crude chemical-weapons program, and we suspect they may have a biological program. The Iranians also continue their terrorism. In the past few weeks we know they've sent a large number of weapons to Hizballah...