Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: The "vigorous defense" continues, even on a Saturday. Clinton lawyer David Kendall issued a second rebuttal, a 42-page addendum to Friday's 73-page installment. It contained further objections to Starr's report that already sound familiar: The President's acts were wrong but "do not even approach the Constitutional test of impeachment -- treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors... it is plain that sex is precisely what this four-and-a-half-year investigation has boiled down...
...President responded that the harassment allegation was ludicrous, because he would never approach a small-breasted woman like Ms. Willey...
Arthur Morse, a onetime Chicago ad executive, encountered a common and much subtler approach. Four years ago, when he was 63, Morse relates, his agency brought in a "30-ish" woman to "relieve" him of some of his workload. "I could see the handwriting on the wall," says Morse. Two years later his job was eliminated, but he was given another assignment. That too vanished in a year, and "my career was over," says Morse. "Nobody wants to talk to you because of your age or your salary" ($65,000 in his case). In July, Morse, still unwilling to retire...
...wise move that might strengthen Russia's exhausted central bank. Since the Russian economy had been quietly improving last year, a small relaxation of the currency could have helped boost demand for Russian exports, which would have pushed the recovery along. From an Economics 101 perspective, the approach was a sensible--if risky--way to help Russia through a tough patch. Even Soros argued that a small devaluation, linked with other measures, was prudent...
...network pitfalls but are yet to break into the black. They benefit from lower overhead costs and do not pay traditional compensation to stations. Moreover, they are striving to establish distinctive profiles in the crowded marketplace. UPN sees itself as a smarter throwback to the mass-audience network approach of the 1960s and '70s (among its newest shows: an updated version of The Love Boat), while the WB, the more successful of the two, has targeted teenage viewers with such younger, hipper shows as Dawson's Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer...