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When his tobacco bill was shot down, the New York Times declared the defeat would only burnish his reputation.
While the LAT labels Vladimir Putin's visit to Chechnya a presidential "campaign-style tour" and the NYT calls it "unexpected," the Post relates that the new president had planned the trip months ago, long before Boris Yeltsin decided to step down (this important detail probably pushed the story off the Post 's front page).
After entering the proper definition in the margin, Selfish and corrupt behind a display of seeming benevolence, I sat down to decipher the new version: unctuously hypocritical.
1963: JFK Accidentally Struck Down by Flying Zapruder Lens Cap
The Palestinians, meanwhile, will take concrete measures to combat terrorism: They will expunge anti-Israel clauses from their charter, jail 30 Palestinians wanted in Israel for terrorism, and crack down on illegal weaponry.