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Degas' very retreat from contemporary life owes something to his disgust with French society as he found it.
The fact that they weren't owes less to any lack of evidence than to a sense of proportion and respect for the popular will--or call it cowardice, perhaps--in the opposition party (the Democrats), which then controlled Congress.
And the proliferation of the lawsuits owes much to the ease with which Web pages can be linked to one another.
An article says President Clinton owes his high approval ratings to our celebrity-oriented culture.
He now must convince the United States to accept a powerful United Nations--and to pay the $1 billion it owes the organization.