Word: accountant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Among Senate Democrats, there's no obvious candidate to defend Clinton as adroitly as Barney Frank did in the House. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who forcefully called Clinton to account over the summer, is still too undecided about him. Ted Kennedy and Virginia's Charles Robb, who have their own histories with women, are unlikely to come forward aggressively on a matter like this. Robert Byrd of West Virginia has already said he would oppose any attempt to sidestep a trial, such as a quick route to censure. Senators with presidential ambitions, like Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, will have their...
...what sticks in your private, idiosyncratic craw. I'm not sure why, but I spent a lot more time thinking about the weather than about most other stories of the year. It's probably because the weather has to do with life outside modernity and control, which may also account for people's improbable fascination with the Weather Channel...
...always nice, at the holiday season, to see a man get religion. It's especially rewarding to see him do so in a smart, tough, yet curiously moving film like A Civil Action, which is based on Jonathan Harr's true, best-selling account of how an insanely complicated Massachusetts case involving deadly environmental pollution was endlessly litigated...
...Army Corps of Engineers to provide flood control and water supply for the millions of new South Florida residents. The state's population boom and the attendant development, runoff and water demands have played a critical part in the Everglades story--but not in your one-sided account of the situation. JORGE A. DOMINICIS, VICE PRESIDENT Florida Crystals West Palm Beach...
...thanks to money-losing managed-care companies and high drug prices. Some premiums may rise 20%, and the self-employed face jumps of up to 40%. One possible remedy: before the current open-enrollment season ends, earmark part of each paycheck for a tax-free medical savings account...