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Weakened during his first 20 weeks in office, Clinton appears to be seeking the path of least resistance. He is hosting small dinner parties for the Washington insiders he once vowed to ignore. He withdrew from hard-nosed budget bargaining in part to avoid further loss of political capital. Some of this is pragmatic politics, because to remain in the fray over arcane tax provisions, said a White House official, "is a prescription for failure." But there are also signs that Clinton is increasingly spooked by opposition of almost any size. Last week he backed away from a widely leaked...
Former mayor Alfred E. Vellucci said that somebody has to replace Barrett on the senate. "Alice Wolf withdrew from the city council race. Maybe she is a candidate to the senate," he said at the time...
...come out until he was 30. A recovering alcoholic, he blames his drinking at least partly on the strains of concealing his true nature. When he decided to assert his homosexuality, he did it with characteristic thoroughness, sending letters to hundreds of his political acquaintances. Some withdrew or thought he was crazy. Bill and Hillary Clinton...
Once she moved to Waco, Sherri withdrew even more. She was impossible to contact, and she sought to end David's regular visits with Kiri. He grew alarmed when Breault, who had broken with Koresh, warned him and Sherri's mother of the abusive practices going on in the cult. Sherri, Breault said, was one of Koresh's favored wives. The gold pendant worn by Kiri, only 10, was a sign that Koresh planned to take her too as a wife...
Roiter and McNabb withdrew after the doubles competition due to illness, and that meant Parker--normally the team's third player but bumped up to first by the withdrawals--had to face Katrin Guenther, ranked 24th in the nation...