Word: charter
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...Justice Department last Wednesday, one day before his appointment was made public, Fiske wrote out a personal charter on a pad of yellow legal paper. He insisted that he would investigate "any individuals or entities" who had broken federal laws relating in any way to the President's or First Lady's dealings with Whitewater or Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, the defunct S&L once headed by James McDougal, the Clintons' partner in Whitewater. Over the longer term that could mean trouble for the President, the First Lady or both. Over the shorter term Fiske can only help them...
...practices we continue to treat women as underlings?" He calls for the South African government and the international community to address the demands of workers for fair wages, of the rural poor for land, and of the liberation movement to maintain the spirit of the 1955 Freedom Charter, "that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white...
Instead of clinging, pantyhose-like, to their charter, Pudding members ought to give Brown's not-so-modest proposal a little thought. An organization so tightly bound to tradition that it's members wouldn't even consider changing. Now that would be a drag...
...least one doctor affiliated with London's Charter Nightingale Hospital -- Britain's version of the Betty Ford Center -- has intimated that Jackson may be undergoing psychodrama therapy for drug use. No officials of the clinic, however, will say whether the star is actually there. Some Jackson watchers have downplayed the drug angle, speculating that it is a feint to draw attention away from the child-molestation charges...
...mile charter flight from Miami to Havana went as planned until the final approach to the airport. Suddenly the pilot announced a landing delay because of unexpected congestion. "The problem wasn't other planes but cows on the runway. We ended up circling for 25 minutes until they were cleared away," said TIME senior editor Johanna McGeary on her return from a two-week reporting assignment that led to this week's cover story...