Word: broking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What Ginsburg could not realize, however, was how much less dependent on Lewinsky Starr became with each passing day. As late as Thursday, before the Times story broke, Ginsburg still argued that his client was the only hope Starr had. That, within a few hours, proved to be wrong. Last week Starr subpoenaed attorneys working for Paula Jones for notes, pleadings and depositions involving other women linked to Bill Clinton. One possible line of inquiry: Were the women asked by any agents of Clinton to soften their testimony regarding their former relationships with...
...nervous as a cat" before the press conference, says one who was with him at the time. Clinton stuck with a safe "I'm honoring the rules of the investigation" line, even though the rules don't apply to him: he can say whatever he likes. But twice reporters broke through the glaze, first when he was asked if he would resign. Clinton's answer captured his entire attitude about this crisis: he sidestepped the question of whether he had done anything wrong and said instead that the people looked past his character to his performance. His single answer...
...fire, which did not directly cause any injuries, broke out around...
This past November, I finally broke the restraints of my collegiate exile with a trip to Foxwoods Resort and Casino. I hit the blackjack tables, that corner of the casino where so many poor souls hand over their paychecks. I proceeded to employ a tactic whereby I doubled my bet every time that I lost a hand. This approach is derisively known as "chasing a loss," and based on the structure of the casino's betting limits, it is statistically guaranteed to bankrupt the player--unless that player is extraordinarily lucky. And lucky...
...cruel joke, the Republicans' dream is quickly becoming a nightmare. When the scandal broke and rapidly attracted O.J.-like levels of media attention, Newt, Trent and the other GOP power players smugly believed they could just sit back and let the President destroy himself. There didn't seem to be much sense in sullying oneself in the mud of dirty allegations when the job was already being done by a pack of loose-lipped lawyers and reporters who smelled blood...