Word: conducting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Monday morning, any terms for any deal would be negotiated against the background music of Clinton's August testimony, playing continuously on every network. It is for this more than anything else that most voters would need to forgive Clinton, since it has much less to do with his conduct as a husband or employer and everything to do with the conduct of his presidency and the enforcement of the law. In the days before his grand jury appearance, just about every last citizen had sent him a postcard asking him to tell the truth at all costs, and most...
...moist apologies of the past month, Clinton's conduct is a more reliable measure of his mood than his shaded confessions. He has argued that his actions are good for our children, as he sets an example on seeking forgiveness, good for our families and, most recently, good for his party. As he told donors at a Democratic dinner in New York City, Democrats should be grateful for his disgrace, because "adversity" is good for turnout and fund raising. Most important, he is still torturing the language and the law. As a White House aide explains it, he knew what...
...consider the main features of American ideology and its resulting contemptuous behavior toward the rest of the world, I fear for the future of the human race. The bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan are reminiscent of the lynchings of the wild west and bode ill for the future. Such conduct shows us that the line between civilization and the law of the jungle is a very fine one. HILARY PETTS PERE Pau, France
...13th place on the Administration's original enemies list. "Coming on fast. Emerging as a leading black anti-Nixon spokesman," presidential counsel John Dean noted next to Conyers' name. In May 1972, Conyers introduced a resolution on the House floor demanding that Nixon be removed from office for his conduct of the Vietnam War. The measure went nowhere, but Conyers kept at it for the next two years, and when the Judiciary Committee finally voted in favor of impeaching Nixon, Conyers relished his vindication. "Impeachment is difficult, and it is painful," Conyers said at the time, "but the courage...
...group believes that if all 35 schools sign the code of conduct, their combined purchasing power will make the boycott effective...