TALKING THE TALK, BUT ...

WILL CLINTON'S RACE-RELATIONS INITIATIVE GO BEYOND RHETORIC?

When it comes to talking about race relations in America, Bill Clinton may well be the most eloquent white politician since Lincoln. But his calls to action have often substituted for action itself. Which is why, as Clinton prepares to unveil his much trumpeted initiative on race relations this week, civil rights leaders are having no difficulty containing their enthusiasm.

"A certain amount of skepticism is well founded," Clinton conceded last week in an interview with TIME. "But I think we shouldn't put ourselves in the trap of saying you're either going to spend a whole lot of new money on...

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