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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conventional wisdom holds that Clinton is untouchable because a robust economy has made satisfied customers of us all. But the conventional wisdom doesn't begin to comprehend the intricacy of a scandal in which charges of unappetizing personal behavior are made by accusers of varying plausibility against a President of imperfect credibility. To situate yourself amid the interlocking treacheries of the story so far, you might need the sensibilities of Henry James and the skepticism of Henry Adams. Or you might simply arrive at a position in which misgivings about presidential sex don't translate into a lust for legal...
...begin with, when they give Clinton high marks as President, they mean just what they say. On the whole, they like the way he handles the economy, the budget, Iraq, education and health care. Many of them also don't believe his accusers, especially the ones who have book deals on the horizon. But for a lot of them, saying yes to Clinton also appears to be their way of just saying no to Monicagate, meaning no to the very idea of making intimate personal behavior, even skanky behavior, the subject of a criminal inquiry. "I wouldn't want people...
...make sense to defer income into 1999. Among other things, that might mean not selling any stocks for a gain that you can't offset with a loss. Under the new rules, a house sale could send your income soaring. If you are a doctor or lawyer, you can begin slowing your billing process later in the year...
JONESBORO: Some semblance of routine returns to this small Arkansas town Thursday, as class resumes behind the bullet-ridden brick walls of Westside Middle School. The two boys accused of gunning down their classmates and teacher begin their first full day in detention without bail, after Judge Ralph Wilson ruled there was enough evidence to keep them behind bars until their hearing...
...anything in future trips remains to be seen. More important to Iraq is how many trips it will take before Baghdad is granted a clean bill of health. One crumb of comfort for the Iraqis: Richard Butler, the belligerent UNSCOM chief, is being rotated out as the inspections begin...