Word: confidante
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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One day, not so long ago, an aide to President Clinton was browsing in the library of the Old Executive Office Building across the street from the White House. Seeing a book on the hidden lives of Presidents, the aide opened it up and discovered an old overdue notice tucked...
Harvard tends to be a school of fiercely independent individuals. Admitting weakness is tantamount to admitting defeat. The result is a need for solitary solutions for coping with the environment and imposed ignorance of the cold system. Students struggle with personal crises brought on by the Harvard system throughout their...
The logic seems as tortured as a position from the Kama Sutra, but Clinton's potential argument (which was tested last week on TIME reporters by a high-level presidential confidant) comes down to two basic presidential passions, one still alleged, the other long proved. The alleged passion is for...
But the Lewinsky problem--which Jordan, according to Lewinsky confidant Linda Tripp, tried to solve by counseling Lewinsky in the back of his limo--made the papers anyway, forcing the fixer into the spotlight. Lewinsky reportedly told Tripp that Jordan said to her, "They can't prove anything...Your answer...
In Washington by the end of last year, Lewinsky was not having much fun with her Pentagon job. "She wasn't too thrilled with it," says a former co-worker. Bacon describes her as "competent" but says he urged her last year to begin looking for some other work. Vernon...