NATION
President Bill Clinton's fortunes improved last week. A number of his legislative initiatives made some progress through Congress, and he finally named his candidate for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Byron White. A quick Senate confirmation was expected for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington and a pioneering feminist lawyer. Ginsburg was praised by both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, though some women's groups were nervously reviewing her position that the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling was the right decision but based on the wrong grounds. Only two days before the President...
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