Even if such behavior were not improper and counterproductive, it would still be opprobrious since -- as Mr. Gertz has established -- Mr. Clinton is motivated in no small measure by the belief a Yeltsin victory will help his own re-election bid.

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In light of the fact that MSSB knew full well that, as a non-signatory, the terms of the Protocol were inapplicable to Fidelity, the heads I win, tails you lose posture adopted by MSSB with regard to its selective use of the terms of the Protocol was particularly opprobrious.

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My own view is that the behavior of the Chinese government is so opprobrious -- and the stakes for Western interests if this behavior is replicated elsewhere in the communist world so great -- that the United States would be compelled to act even if other, allied states chose not to.

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