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Joe Lieberman, the Senate's only Orthodox Jew,
ran true to form in his criticism of Clinton.

JAMES D. BESSER Washington Correspondent

Washington
en. Joe L.ieberman is lying
low these days even as '
flying high.
Other senators would be *-
basking in the instant notoriety that
the two-term Connecticut Democrat
gained with his recent Senate floor
speech rebuking President Clinton.
They'd be exploiting the hordes of
reporters seeking hot copy to add to
the sleazy public record on the White
House sex scandals; they'd be spew-
ing sound bites in the direction of
any available microphone, issuing ,. ,-A*1
press releases by the bucket.
But Lieberman, whose speech
instantly changed the complexion of
the debate over Clinton's sexual mis-
deeds, "is feeling a little over-
-'4-
whelmed," an aide said last week.
"He wants to take some time and
think things over."

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``Faith is a
unifying force, 41
not a dividing
force."

- Sen. Joe Lieberman,
at the Washington conference
of the International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews.,

The idea is startling, but it serves
as a neat paradigm for what distin-
guishes Lieberman in this self-
absorbed city, aside from the well--
reported fact that he is the only
Orthodox Jew in the U.S. Senate.
In a Congress in which "delibera-
tion" increasingly means scanning the
latest polls and checking with high-
dollar donors, Lieberman is an
anomaly and a puzzle: a thoughtful

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