Word: affair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...change in the way the White House has handled the Whitewater affair can also be traced in part to polls. As a series of negative disclosures and two high-level resignations rocked the White House last month, Administration officials started telling reporters that most Americans had no idea that Clinton agreed to the appointment of a special counsel and was cooperating fully with his investigation. How did the officials know this? Greenberg told them. Not surprisingly, the President and his aides now go to great lengths to stress their policy of "full disclosure" on Whitewater...
...music, while a bit bland when compared to the complex orchestrations of Disney's Alan Mencken, Manilow holds his own. With numbers that range from a Spanish-flavored rhumba to a putting-on-the-ritz style ballroom affair, the music itself is somewhat catchy, and fits the animation. Surprisingly, it is the lyrics, by Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman, that are the really cheesy part of the score. With none of the creativity of Disney's Howard Ashman or Tim Rice, songs like "Let Me Be Your Wings." suffer from overly commonplace declarations of love, while the more upbeat numbers...
Meanwhile, Blanca grows to be a young woman (Winona Ryder) and has an affair, with a revolutionary peasant, Pedro (Antonio Banderas), giving birth to an illegitimate child of her own, and infuriating her father, who is not insightful enough to realize that he has done exactly the same thing years earlier...
Friday's game against Temple was a closer affair, with the score tied at five with only 10 minutes left in the mach. But then the Crimson went on a five-goal rampage to win the game...
...underline the absurdity of the whole affair, the drama concluded with a few quick resolutions to allocate students' money, including $400 for a felt banner (!) to be displayed at all council ceremonies. Although certainly a fitting ending, the council might consider hiring a live rhinoceros for its next production. (Cost should not be a concern...