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Sixty percent of those who said their finances had worsened in 1992, about a third of the electorate, had voted for meHe thought I could lose them with this planGeorge Stephanopoulos, who sat in on the meetings, had to try to explain to Stan and his allies that the deficit was killing the economy, and [...]

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The next thing I knew, there was a story out that I had kept two runways tied up for an hour, inconveniencing thousands of people, while I got a $200 haircut from a fancy hairdresser who was known only by his first nameForget the basketball game with inner-city kids; the irresistible news was that I [...]

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When they went back in, the real fireworks beganBefore long, ninety Usoldiers were surrounding the copter, engaged in a massive shootout with hundreds of SomalisEventually, General Montgomerys Rapid Deployment Force entered the action, but the Somali resistance was strong enough to prevent the rescue operation from succeeding throughout the nightWhen the battle was over, nineteen [...]

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After six months in exile, Saddams relatives were induced to return to IraqWithin a couple of days, both sons-in-law were killedTheir brief journey to freedom had provided the UN inspectors with so much information that more chemical and biological stocks and laboratory equipment were destroyed during the inspections process than during the Gulf War August [...]

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After several moderate Republicans made clear that, based on the election results, impeachment was a dead issue, I had mixed feelings about the Speakers decisionHe had supported me on most foreign policy decisions, had been frank about what his caucus was really up to when the two of us talked alone, and, after the government [...]

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The first was his announcement that he had found no wrongdoing on my part or Hillarys in the Travel Office and FBI file investigationsCongressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts asked him when he had reached those conclusionsSome months ago, replied StarrFrank then asked him why he waited until after the election to exonerate me on these [...]

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The announcement sent a signal to David Trimble and the Unionists that for Sinn Fein and the IRA, violence, as Adams had said, is a thing of the past, over, done with, and goneIn our private meeting, Bertie Ahern told me that after Omagh, the IRA had warned the Real IRA that if they ever [...]

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I had always looked with a jaundiced eye at other peoples attempts to psychoanalyze me, but it did seem to me that many of my bitterest critics among the Far Right political and religious groups and the most judgmental members of the press had sought safety and security in positions where they could judge and [...]

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“Don’t do anything rude, pray JoI won’t have any fuss made, so let it all pass and behave yourself,” begged Amy, as she departed early, hoping to find a reinforcement of flowers to refresh her poor little table “I merely intend to make myself entrancingly agreeable to ever one I know, and to keep them [...]

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The huge snake emerged to climb slowly up Voldemort’s chairIt rose, seemingly endlessly, and came to rest across Voldemort’s shoulders: its neck the thickness of a man’s thigh; its eyes, with their vertical slits for pupils, unblinkingVoldemort stroked the creature absently with long thin fingers, still looking at Lucius Malfoy “Why do the Malfoys look [...]

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