The Boston Globe reports the White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles has "begun actively searching" for another ambassadorial post for Weld, based on signals Helms might not block such a switch.

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While the paint shop is as modern as any U.S. factory's, workers wearing respirators (but no eye protection) still use small paintbrushes, rather than automated tools, to slather sealant on critical weld spots.

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As for Mr Weld himself, he rashly resigned on July 28th, in the heat of an effort to become President Clinton's ambassador to Mexico.

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And on July 28th Mr Weld resigned as governor in order to dedicate himself full-time to fighting Mr Helms, leaving Massachusetts to Paul Cellucci, his loyal lieutenant-governor.

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Mr Weld's world-view, on the other hand, exemplifies the other pillar of Republican foreign policy: free trade.

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If that had not got everyone's attention, on July 23rd Mr Clinton formally nominated Mr Weld anyway.

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Hot Weld, a former Cheltenham Festival winner, had a moment of concern late on when Parsons Legacy came to head him at the penultimate fence and it looked as if his chance had gone.

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It might be a rare case, but we ought to remember, rather than that one witness that they found--and I guess they will find another one--but the Republican district attorneys who testified on the House side, the deputy attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division, William Weld, they said they would never bring the case.

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