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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lyons has shown a Clintonesque resilience in the past, rising above scandal on the strength of charisma and successful leadership. But some of his colleagues now complain that the scandal has dried up contributions to the church and that Lyons has to go -- whether or not the feds lock him up. "To drag millions of people through all this mud is a shame," said the Rev. Charles Kenyotta Tuesday. "In the 118 years of our existence, we've never had a president this dumb." Joe Lieberman would say amen to that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Long Denominational Nightmare | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

Gephardt's comments sent the White House into a panic. Erskine Bowles, Clinton's chief of staff, tracked Gephardt down in Kentucky to complain, and urged the Missouri Democrat "to walk this thing back," as a top aide to the President put it. Gephardt did what Bowles asked, but only up to a point. "I do trust the President," he assured TIME the next day, adding that "we ought not jump to conclusions one way or the other." But no amount of rephrasing could hide the fact that Democrats are distancing themselves from Clinton as they nervously wait for Starr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stormy Weather | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

Harvard students endlessly complain about the singular lack of a social life here, by which they generally mean that they haven't been out on a date in several months. I myself have been one of them. Yet I warn all Harvardians to beware the thought that: "After school, I'll go out for sure. I'll always have a date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POSTCARD FROM DALLAS | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

...Customers who couldn't get seated near the casket might complain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 10, 1998 | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Sure, I'm spending a lot more time programming and a lot less time watching Tiny Toons. But the cat still sleeps with me and complains piteously if the door to the closet is heartlessly left closed, I still stay up until all hours of the night playing Trivial Pursuit with my brother and my parents still complain that there's nothing that all of us will eat. Life is good...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, | Title: Rediscovering Home | 8/7/1998 | See Source »

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