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But the instruments it has to do this with are blunt compared with the authority it wielded two decades ago.
They said the hijackers wielded knives and claimed to have a bomb.
The Washington Post , New York Times and Los Angeles Times lead with the early returns from Russia's parliamentary elections, surprising because they show that centrist and reform parties, including a brand-new Kremlin-based bloc, the Unity party, have made gains that significantly cut into the power long wielded in the legislature by the communists.
The goal is to find an incriminating datum that will leave a permanent stain on the target's reputation, make his defenders look like craven apologists, and give the general public a ready-made judgment that can be wielded without too much reading or thought.
The LAT cites one argument Democrats wielded, but to no avail: when the House Ethics committee reprimanded Newt Gingrich last year, he was given an advance copy of the report.