Word: assets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Starr's performance had convinced him that the independent counsel had "unlawfully intruded on the power of impeachment which the Constitution gives solely to the House." Because Dash, who was regarded within the independent counsel's office as pompous and temperamental, is a venerated Democrat, he was a valuable asset to Starr. During his testimony on Thursday, Starr cited Dash's "great wisdom," and after Dash quit, Starr told reporters that "reasonable minds can differ." He added, "I love Sam Dash...
...their casual contempt. When a movie star (Melanie Griffith) grants him a sexual favor, it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime benisons queens sometimes bestow on a lucky serf, not the beginning of a relationship. When a supermodel (Charlize Theron) catches a glimpse of his only glamorous asset, a classic Aston Martin sports car, she thinks its owner may do as an escort for a night on the town, but her attention keeps wandering...
However, living situations can aggravate the feeling of inactivity. Megdanis, who is in a blocking group with several other runners, admits it is tough to live with healthy teammates, though she feels it is also a definite asset...
...leaders fear that an overvalued euro could hinder their exports, while higher interest rates and slower growth in the U.S. would deprive the world economy of its most dynamic engine. "We all need to see the U.S. growing," says Jean-Pierre Hellebuyck, European equity strategist at insurance group AXA Asset Management. "Europeans can't afford to see the collapse of the dollar...
...Weston, the writer on the WB series Felicity who was fired when it was learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed. As a supposed teenager--judging from pictures, she could pass as Winona Ryder's sprightlier kid sister--she was considered a special asset on a show about a college student. Her angry bosses, sounding like defensive Republicans explaining impeachment, said it was the falsehood that troubled them, not the fact that Weston was in reality old enough to be the title character's mother (in some places, anyway). Her defense: she began lying...