Word: affair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats hope people will also focus on Starr's de facto messenger in Congress, House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Attacking Gingrich is a standard Democratic ploy, but in the Lewinsky affair it had been hard to do as long as Gingrich stayed behind the curtain, venturing forth only to make high-minded statements about the need for civility at a moment of this historic magnitude. But on Wednesday he went before the microphones--without Judiciary committee chairman Henry Hyde--and trampled all over the idea of a censure deal that would pre-empt impeachment proceedings. He also ruminated in a closed...
...Lewinsky fell short in her dalliance with power, it might be because she was aiming so high. Furious about her expulsion to the Pentagon, the young woman who'd joked about "presidential kneepads" even before she hit town hinted that she'd expose their affair if Clinton didn't rehire her at the White House. Later, when it came time to leave the city, she stipulated that bigwig Vernon Jordan be the one to help her in her job search and presented a rather intimidating list of desired positions. "Assistant producer at any of the networks," her not-so-modest...
...Ways to Stay Together on the shelf at home. So why would you possibly be interested in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Faithful, a soon-to-be-published tome that manages to fill 352 pages explicating the proposition that cheating is unwise? (A section on terminating an affair is headed "A Happy Ending? Probably...
Both Beasley and his wife deny the reports of an affair, and the last time one of Beasley's opponents raised them, he did not get very far. James Metts, a Republican county sheriff, made them an issue when he launched an independent bid for Governor last year. Metts managed to come up with a lilting musical ditty: "To start, he takes a beautiful girl, pays her 90 thou and goes for a whirl. Reporters ask, 'What about wife No. 1?' But David just wants to have fun." Metts eventually apologized, withdrew from the race and endorsed Beasley...
...Clinton was very, very wrong in his actions, as were Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp, Ken Starr and many others involved in this drama. There are no heroes in the sad, pathetic tale--just human beings, some making terrible mistakes and others being guilty of meanspirited obsession. But the whole affair has been about personal behavior. And wrong though it may be, it is still something strictly personal. A. ALICIA ALEXANDER Hialeah...