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A NYT editorial says Clinton is "in the pincers of an excruciating legal squeeze", urges him to come clean with the American people, and predicts that Congress won't impeach him even if he admits to having sex with Lewinsky and lying afterwards.
The LAT runs its story under "Arafat Promises Albright a Steady Anti-Terror Effort," while the WP uses "Albright Urges Israeli Restraint" and the NYT runs it under "Albright Asks Israel To Take a 'Timeout' on Settlements."
The cover editorial bluntly criticizes NATO's cautious intervention strategy for Kosovo ("horribly wrong") and urges the West to assume control of the region.
The thump of a Caribbean beat urges that you "open up a Jooky," and someone does.
The editor of the gay magazine Out urges gays to mingle more with straights and not wall themselves in the "gay ghetto."