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Does Wattenberg, who quit the Spectator that same year, still stand by his story?
And that's when Italian-Americans will really have something to bitch about (by the way, where do you stand on the "The Sopranos isn't good for Italians" question?)
The Times , the Daily Telegraph , and the Financial Times all urged President Clinton to stand firm and intensify the war.
But the Times apparently doesn't feel such an observation can stand without expert testimony, so it drags in Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Kennedy and a lit professor to repeat it.
Because we have learned over the years that premier delivery systems have two primary legs upon which they ultimately stand or fall - healthy and vibrant LSC-funded programs and healthy and vibrant state justice communities to which all LSC- funded programs belong - we will present our work in this third report in terms of our activities to promote healthy programs and healthy state justice communities.