Secretaries Christopher and Perry go on to assert that the sort of deployment of missile defenses promised in the Contract With America and envisioned by H.

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In particular, his appreciation of Secretary of State Warren Christopher's contribution should go a long way toward countering the scathing criticisms of Christopher's stewardship that were fashionable at the time.

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As far as Sir Christopher and Sir John go, this was no doubt the right decision.

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That's 240 per year. (McDonald's counters that it has lost just 90 franchisees in 2002, many for innocuous reasons like retirement.) Cold comfort for anxious franchisees: While 30% of all restaurants fail within the first year, just 8% of brand-name franchise locations go under, says Christopher Muller, associate professor of restaurant management at the University of Central Florida who studies franchises.

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"We fully support the police using technology to combat crime and terrorism, but law-abiding New Yorkers should not end up in a police database every time they walk their dog, go to the doctor, or drive around Manhattan, " Christopher Dunn, associate legal director at the New York Civil Liberty Union, said.

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But the president elect knows Christopher as a cautious lawyer bred for quiet argumentation and persuasion, not an infighter who could go toe-to-toe with that lobby.

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Dr. CHRISTOPHER: There's no question that some our best minds and some of our best energy needs to go into redesigning these programs so that our country can both afford them and people can access the care that they need.

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