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...work for Madison over a 15-month period. The papers also make clear that she made some 68 phone calls concerning Madison and engaged in two official contacts with Arkansas state officials on the bank's behalf. Mrs. Clinton's personal lawyer, David Kendall, asserts that the papers merely confirm that his client did not perform significant work for Madison...
...comments made by her associate Susan Thomases have prompted renewed demands from Whitewater investigators for her time sheets. Until now, the whereabouts of the documents was unknown. Releasing the documents Friday, Clinton lawyer David Kendall said the records were discovered by Carolyn Huber, Special Assistant to the President, and "confirm our earlier statements about the nature and amount of Mrs. Clinton's work on this representation." D'Amato unsurprisingly took a different view, saying " a cursory glance would indicate there was s a minimum of $21,000" in billings, which would "raise volumes of questions" and possibly lead to obstruction...
...happened." The pilots, Captain Frederic Chiffot and Lt. Jose Souvignet, were beaten and kicked by Serb soldiers from the moment they were first taken captive on August 30. In prison the beatings continued and the pilots were subjected to mock executions. "No other news organization has been able to confirm this yet," says Crumley, "but the paper has a reputation for getting scoops...
...Foxwell Albright appeared on the scene. A professor of Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins and the son of a Methodist missionary, he took a much more scientific approach than most of his predecessors. Rather than assume that the Bible was either entirely accurate or completely fictional, he attempted to confirm Old Testament stories with independent archaeological evidence. And under his considerable influence, biblical archaeology finally became a disciplined and scientific enterprise...
Having seen science confirm the Bible in some instances and tear it down in others, most scholars have edged toward a middle-of-the-road position. As the Biblical Archaeology Review's Shanks puts it, "You can't look at the text literally. It wasn't written as modern history is written. But on the other hand, it's certainly not made...