26 April 1993 WASHINGTON—In the vocabulary of contemporary American politicians there is a term that has an ominous ring to it: “Self-fulfilling prophecy.” It is defined as a situation evoking new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true. Last summer Bill Clinton, the Democratic candidate for President, spoke of the need of the […]

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