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...Starr succeeds in nailing Clinton, can there be any doubt that prosecutorial revenge will await the next Republican President? I fear the governance of the U.S. will take a backseat to political guerrilla warfare of the nastiest sort. JAY SMITH Lexington, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 2, 1998 | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...people as a relief after five years of the Big Smoothy. In the year 2000, Republicans are cutting one another up in the primaries; the party is hopelessly entangled in the public mind with these right-wing squirrels who set up people to snoop on the President's backseat activities. Gore sails into the election as a commanding figure--the 43rd President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Give Me a Break! | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...21st century will have to take a backseat to Senate tradition. That's the lesson Senator Mike Enzi (R., Wyo.) learned last week when his request to bring a computer to the floor for note taking was soundly rejected by the Rules Committee. "We didn't start out with laptops," says chairman John Warner (R., Va.), "and I don't think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...most freshmen starting college this fall, dorm life brings the sweet, beer-tinged scent of freedom. No more curfews, no more chores and, best of all, no more tangled, furtive interludes in the backseat of the family minivan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IVY LEAGUE GOMORRAH? | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...Wednesday, all of Washington woke up to an above-the-fold banner headline in the Post blaring the news LOVE CONQUERS WHAT AILS TEENS. Gee, all this time I thought it was Guess jeans and $140 Air Jordans. What kind of love? Parental, rock-star, tough or backseat? When I found out it was the kind a mother can give, I thought it was news after all. How sweet, how wholesome, and what a relief. There were times when my love for my own particular teenager seemed capable of curing very little, much less whatever ailed her. For one three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HERE'S A PRECIOUS MOMENT, KID | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

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