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...culpable is Tripp? Lewinsky did not need much encouragement to throw herself at Clinton--as Monica admits, she was in love and obsessed--but it was her bad luck that her adult confidant worked so hard to fuel the obsession. As Lewinsky said in her testimony, "obviously there's work that I need to do on myself." But instead of helping Lewinsky do that work--perhaps even talking some sense into her--Tripp went to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's Something About Linda Tripp | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

When Monica Lewinsky went to Washington, her first thrilling foray into independence and adult responsibility, she did what so many young people do when they leave the nest: she assembled a surrogate family for herself. She chose her father figure, Bill Clinton, even before she got to town, it seems, and won him over in a panty-flash. But finding a stand-in mother took a while. For a time Betty Currie, the President's secretary, seemed to fill the role, but when Lewinsky was transferred from the White House to the Pentagon, she apparently found a new mama: Linda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Papa Bill, Mama Linda, Baby Monica | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

Venkataraman described the show as "an adult show wrapped in kid material...

Author: By Monica M. Ramirez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sophomore Hosts Emmy-Winning Show | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...Harvard Crimson - Co-Editorial Chair; PBHA - Co-Director, South Boston Out-reach Adult Learning Program; Undergraduate Council (Freshman Year); Leverett HAND - Homework Center Tutor; Crimson Key Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1999 CANDIDATES FOR HARVARD & RADCLIFFE CLASS MARSHALS | 9/29/1998 | See Source »

...themselves in the way that they are doing." His observations lead him to believe that "these are children who have made their decision and come to [God] on their own." Certainly the throng at the post-See You rally at Wichita's Metropolitan Complex auditorium seems self-propelled, if adult-organized. A band plays Christian rock, and the teens let loose. An emcee asks how the See Yous went, and the answer is a prolonged roar. The kids bellow a tune with the unlikely lyrics of Romans 16: 20: "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O, Say, Can You Pray? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

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