So Lisette had persisted in asking her mother, Was it Daddy she was going away with?

NEWYORKER: I.D.

Holum is a former George McGovern staffer and unalloyed arms control ideologue whose nomination was so controversial that it failed to receive Senate approval for over a year -- a situation that surely would have persisted until Mr. Clinton left office, had it not been ended by a recess appointment after the Senate left town earlier this month.

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