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HEADLINES ON January 23, 1992
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- Headline: Bruce Lindsey: Clinton's Quiet Strategist. Impact: If Bruce Lindsey hadn't been the quiet Arkansan keeping Clinton in check, we might have seen a timeline where Bill Clinton ended up as the world's most forgettable pizza shop owner instead of a two-term president. Thanks, Bruce, for ensuring we didn't have to live with that alternate reality!. Fact: Did you know that Bill Clinton played the saxophone on 'The Tonight Show'? Talk about hitting all the right notes in a campaign!.
- Headline: Germany Limits Trade Aid to Former USSR. Impact: Germany's decision to curb trade aid was the spark that ignited a thousand conspiracy theories about how the West was trying to keep the former Soviet states down. Little did they know, this would lead to an influx of questionable business partnerships and the rise of questionable fashion choices in the 90s.. Fact: Fun fact: The Bonn Government's tight grip on export assistance led to many former Soviet states trading in their economic struggles for a new career in interpretive dance. Who knew? .