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...blossoms to Washington in the first week of January. That might sound like the opposite of a disaster, but every weather anomaly has its dark side. In a normal year, for example, the winter storm that hit New England and southern Canada in January might have dumped a thick blanket of snow on the region. Instead rain fell on low-lying arctic air and glazed everything in sight with thick layers of ice, knocking out power to 4 million people in one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury Of El Nino | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...Unlike Whitewater, these allegations are simple to understand. And unlike campaign finance improprieties, this case is so sordid that, for a time, CNN was the dirtiest channel on cable. Most importantly, though, unlike the previous charges regarding Clinton's libido, this one can be respectably pursued under the protective blanket of the pursuit of justice. In short, Lewinsky should be a dream-come-true for Republicans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scandalous Wishes | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...case, now scheduled to start in May, to keep that scandal from dragging out any longer. Besides, even if Jones has a case, it's a hard one to prove; and were Clinton to emerge victorious from that trial, he could try to spin it into a big, warm blanket vindication. Then she decided that she would be the one to do the talking; she agreed to sit down for a Tuesday Today show interview. If she had lost faith in everyone else's ability to do damage control, she still had faith in her own. "They are digging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: Truth or...Consequences | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...blanket reference of this case to a special master is improper under Article III [of the Constitution] because it delegates judicial functions to a private citizen," Microsoft attorneys wrote in their Monday brief...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Federal Judge Rules Lessig Will Keep Post | 1/16/1998 | See Source »

INCONCEIVABLY WARM Not a good idea to sleep under that toasty electric blanket if you're trying to conceive. Women who use one at the time of conception or in early pregnancy raise their odds of spontaneous abortion nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 12, 1998 | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

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