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The U.S. is trying to defeat this trend, explains the Times , by spending money to keep Russian bio-warfare experts gainfully employed in less volatile lines of work in their native country.
The no-privilege decision by Judge Norma Johnson--actually still under seal and leaked to the papers by lawyers involved in the case (who thereby continue to flirt with sanction by Judge Johnson)--is deemed a "stunning legal defeat" for Clinton by the NYT and rated a "major victory" for Ken Starr by "USA Today . The Washington Post and the NYT add that Judge Johnson also ruled against Clinton's invocation of attorney-client privilege to shield his top aides, holding that Clinton could not use government-paid lawyers to aid his defense in a criminal investigation.
Poles launched a series of armed insurrections against its occupiers in 1830 and, after defeat, again in 1846 and 1863.
Catalonia paid a heavy price in defeat.
Even if enough Republicans join Democrats to kill the amendment, more would be needed to defeat the filibuster that has already been promised.