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Last week the circumstantial evidence became a bit more suggestive. In his report to Congress, Starr insists he first learned about the relationship between Clinton and Lewinsky when Tripp contacted his office on Jan. 12. The story Tripp told that day--and especially the parts about Vernon Jordan's job search for Lewinsky, with its hints that Clinton was trying to buy her silence--became the basis for Starr's successful request that Attorney General Janet Reno allow him to investigate the Lewinsky matter. But according to an Oct. 4 article in the New York Times, word about the Clinton...
Abraham Foxman, executive director of the World Jewish Congress, who regards this Pope's outreach to the Jews as unprecedented and courageous, nonetheless says there are those who see Stein's canonization as part of a "strategy," that "if you show that everyone was a victim, then the church has no responsibility [and] no guilt in the Holocaust." Such conspiracy buffs might want to toss in the Stepinac beatification, Pius' prospects, parts of We Remember and the erection of crosses outside Auschwitz by right-wing Polish Catholics...
...advent of certain technologies makes me feel that I am out of touch with humanity. The button fly, for instance, especially on men's pants. Don't we already suffer enough? Congress ought to pass legislation requiring J. Crew to print bold-faced warnings on all button-fly-trouser-related copy. That way there would be no mistakes...
...times. The White House, including the residence area, will be electronically monitored. Regular interviews will be conducted with family, friends, lawyers, staff and bodyguards, under oath, to determine if any transgressions have been committed. Qualified candidates are welcome to submit their resumes to: Sin Squad Committee of the U.S. Congress, Washington. PATRICIA AUSTIN Elmira...
...disappointment with President Clinton for his behavior in the White House is exceeded only by my anger at the Republicans in Congress for releasing grand jury testimony to the public. I haven't yet made up my mind whether Clinton should resign, but I am absolutely sure those hypocrites in the House of Representatives should be removed from office. NEIL CRAMER Santa Rosa, Calif...