Word: agent
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...came in to talk to us. For the first time it occurred to me that all my goofing around and impressions could actually be used to make a living. I bothered my parents about it for weeks, until they gave in and looked into getting me an agent...
...looking pale and shaken. "He's tortured her," Lewinsky's attorney Ginsburg told TIME. "It was intended to be a clear signal to others, including Monica, that he's going to be rough." Starr ventured into controversial territory a second time by trying to get testimony from Secret Service agents who protect the President. Lewis Fox, a retired agent, was summoned to the courthouse after he was quoted in the Washington Post saying that on a weekend afternoon late in 1995 he ushered Lewinsky into the Oval Office, where she and Clinton were alone for 40 minutes. Clinton has said...
Leaders of the search believe that Rudolph, a former Army paratrooper trained in wilderness survival, remains on foot, holed up in nearby mountains. "The area is vast," says FBI special agent Craig Dahle, "and locals say, 'Lotsa luck.'" Other investigators are asking acquaintances and associates, Who, really, is Eric Rudolph...
...this particular day--Tuesday, May 20, 1997--one specimen came from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon, at the far side of Victoria Harbor, where a three-year-old boy had been admitted with what turned out to be a fatal respiratory illness. Her lab quickly determined that the infectious agent was some type of Influenza A, one of two broad classes of flu virus that commonly affect humans. To identify the specific strain or subtype, the lab tested the sample, using reagents distributed by the World Health Organization. The test kits triggered no response...
...House intern suspected of having a relationship with the President and quoted as saying she has lied her entire life; an ex-White House secretary who makes a habit of "befriending" women who claim to have had intimate encounters with the President; a political spy turned tell-all literary agent who counsels the secretary; and a special prosecutor who arranges for undercover taping of the intern's private conversations about her sex life because they might have some bearing on his investigations. Is there anyone with integrity in Washington? JEANNIE WURZ Bern, Switzerland...