Word: briefed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brief venture away from Martha's Vineyard last Thursday to speak about school safety, Clinton had lunch at Scano's Restaurant in Worcester, Mass., with five Democratic lawmakers, including Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Over a "steak bomb" submarine sandwich, Clinton reluctantly brought up his troubles and seemed perplexed by the reaction of his party. For a President who invented the strategy of "triangulation"--staking out a position away from his party when its interests do not serve his--making amends with Democrats is a new experience...
...coral reef in Sri Lanka). His new one, The Sandglass (The New Press; 288 pages; $21.95), sweeps that theme up into an even ampler examination of how independent Sri Lanka devolved into bloody anarchy and its people got scattered around the globe. Its protagonist, essentially, is twilight, and its brief sections, following the hours of the day ("Late Morning," "Quarter to Five," "Darkness"), tell us, unequivocally, that time is running...
...history of presidential lying is a brief one because the phenomenon came into its own only in the television age. The Kennedy-Nixon debates were the first time a presidential candidate could look ordinary Americans square in the eye and dissemble: "I do not have Addison's disease." When J.F.K. boldly stated that, he knew it was a bald-faced...
Caught in a testosterone battle between football and sex, ABC punts Prez, returns to a pre-season game in Mexico 23 minutes after the address and a brief commentary from studly historian Michael Beschloss...
...time.com/personal for more on chlamydia. Send a brief e-mail about this article to Christine at gorman@time.com