Truth in legislation you can trust no longer
Molly Ivins attacks the National Motor Vehicle Safety, Anti Theft, Title Reform and Consumer Protection Act as a loophole laden bill. She notes salvage vehicle abuses, weak penalties, and $2 000 civil limits, arguing the measure pre empts state laws and serves dealers and insurers. Ivins calls for campaign finance reform and decries media focus on scandals over policy.
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Monica Lewinsky
Ken Starr
Consumer Federation of America
Senate
Trent Lott
Lott
National Automobile Dealers Association
Center For Responsive Politics
Congress
Molly Ivins
The
Gazette
Louvre rejects Mona Lisa cleaning plan amid varnish debate
Paris AP report says Louvre officials refuse any restoration of the Mona Lisa despite a French art magazine proposing a facelift. Chief curator Jean-Pierre Cuzin notes the painting is in good condition and would not benefit from cleaning, even with a new gallery space and improved lighting planned for 2001.
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Paris
Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci
Jean-Pierre Cuzin
Museum
Associated Press
Cuzin
Gazette champions sustainable printing and recycling drive
The Gazette promotes future commitments by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at nearby recycling sites.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
West holds back as Russia fights reform crisis
Washington and other Western capitals warn that Russia must jump start reform to unlock further aid. Analysts say too little reform has plagued the 1990s transition and fear crony capitalism, while IMF plans hinge on the Russian parliament approving measures amid a faltering economy. IMF chief Camdessus warned a $4.3 billion loan installment hinges on those reforms.
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Washington
Russia
Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
Jeffrey Shafer
Treasury
IMF
Michel Camdessus
Camdessus
Clinton says forgiveness comes with practice and grit
President Clinton told a church audience in Oak Bluffs that seeking forgiveness is becoming easier and that forgiveness requires giving it in return. He stopped short of issuing a direct apology for the Lewinsky affair while reflecting on anger and the Starr investigation.
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Oak Bluffs
Mass
Clinton
Monica Lewinsky
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Ken Starr
Hillary
Chelsea
Historic Union Chapel
America
Jie
First Lady draws admiration in time of trouble
Edgartown Mass AP Americans praise Hillary Clinton for loyalty and resolve after her husband’s admission. A Pew poll finds 66 percent admire her decision to stand by him and 63 percent view her favorably, though 84 percent doubt her claim she knew nothing of the affair.
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Edgartown
Mass
Hillary
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
Carol Chase
Dale
N.Y
Chilmark
Martha's Vineyard
Clintons
Monica Lewinsky
Chase
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
Pew Research Center
Mrs. Clinton
Newsweek
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