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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is one group holding out hope for a way out of impeachment: the mostly moderate Republicans led by New York's King. The dwindling band has drafted a resolution of censure that would require the President to pay a fine and publicly admit wrongdoing. They not only believe Clinton's alleged crimes do not merit impeachment; they also argue to their colleagues that if the House impeaches such a popular President, the Republicans might never recover politically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Push To Impeach | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...magically sweet. A similar shortage at Meribah is solved when God directs Moses to strike a rock with his staff, and water pours forth. When food runs out in the wilderness, he promises to "rain down bread for you from the sky." Of all the biblical wonders, manna may admit to the most exact scientific explanation. (Its name is derived from the Israelites' reaction and may best be translated, "Whatta?") Scripture describes manna as "a fine and flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground," which falls with the dew but melts when the sun grows hot. In June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...other hand, you have to admit that there is something brave about moving this character from the place where he usually lurks in the movies--on the comic-relief fringe of a teen-age gang--to the center of the action. You also have to admire the creepy arrogance of Schwartzman's performance. We can see that it covers loneliness, social ineptitude, even a certain amount of duplicity. His father is not the neurosurgeon he claims he is, but a barber. Yet the actor never once sues us for sympathy, and it comes as a nice surprise when we find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Class Clowns | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Clinton's lawyers have assembled a series of witnesses who admit that Clinton's behavior was reprehensible but say his private misconduct is not a grave threat to the nation...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Community Defends President | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...proposal is this: that actors, staff, and crew--male or female, queer or straight--currently involved in this year's Pudding production, have a moral and ethical obligation to walk out of production until an agreement to admit actresses to next year's production is reached. To say that acting by females will lessen the quality of HPT 152 is an insult to the talent of our actresses as well as to the inventiveness and creativity of the Pudding production staff...

Author: By Matthew E. Johnson, | Title: Time to Put Women in Drag, Too | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

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