Word: broken
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clearly the move was intended to plug the daily leaks that threaten to wash the President out of office. Indeed, the morning news cycle was dominated by an account of a potentially damaging statement that Clinton secretary Betty Currie gave to Starr's investigators. The story was broken by the New York Times and attributed to those ubiquitous "lawyers familiar with the investigation." For the President, the report added unwanted drama to a morning press conference with his new best friend, British prime minister Tony Blair. "I never asked anybody to do anything but tell the truth," he said, adding...
...system is broken and it needs to be fixed--and fixed for good," Kotlikoff said in an interview after the lecture...
Many facts of this case are confusing and unknown, yet some wrongdoing on the part of the University is all too clear. The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), has broken the law, either deliberately or through extreme negligence...
...large and corrupting donations to funnel into national parties. Clinton also announced that he will ask the Federal Communications Commission to provide free or reduced-cost television time for candidates who voluntarily observe spending limits. These relatively modest proposals are the least that Congress can do to fix our broken campaign finance system...
...number of other violations of law could end up in court before it's all over. Tripp may have broken Maryland law if she taped Lewinsky without her consent. Clinton may have sexually harassed Lewinsky, though it seems unlikely. "It appears Clinton didn't force her into it and that the relationship wasn't unwelcome," says Mary Coombs, a University of Miami law professor. Finally, if any of the accounts of what occurred that have leaked out prove untrue, Lewinsky, and conceivably even Clinton, could turn the tables and sue for defamation...