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...former midshipman be granted a diploma and commissioned as a second lieutenant. As for the military's aversion to gays, the panel offered a rebuke so stinging that there is question whether the Pentagon's new policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" will be able to withstand constitutional scrutiny. "America's hallmark has been to judge people by what they do, and not by who they are," wrote Chief Judge Abner Mikva. "It is fundamentally unjust to abort a most promising military career solely because of a truthful confession of a sexual preference different from that...
...come-from-behind win on NAFTA, Clinton's advisers insist, will help prove to voters that the President has the mettle to withstand even tougher fights that loom next year. And they add that the promise of a free-trade zone from the Yukon to the Yucatan makes it easier for Clinton to force trade concessions from Japan and other Asian nations as well as press for a successful completion of the current round of talks on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade by Dec. 15. "A good GATT agreement could create 1.4 million American jobs and boost...
...nicely: "I don't accept the model of the virtuous truth-seeking press confronting the hostile prevaricating establishment. To me, that's a one-sided model. It may hold in certain instances. On the other hand, it maybe the case that the benign establishment is trying to withstand the assaults of the overzealous bloodhound...
...even political realities must bow to the Constitution. Although Clinton had found a middle route that displeased just enough people to ensure its passage, there was never any guarantee that the "new" policy would withstand a constitutional challenge--Janet Reno warned him of this risk in July...
Hopefully for Harvard, such is the case, because both William and Mary and George Mason have explosive offenses that demand nothing less than the freshest defenders to withstand them...