Word: contend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: As President, Bill Clinton is happy he no longer has the Paula Jones case to contend with. As a person, he's irked that her claims of harassment were never aired before a jury. In an exclusive interview with TIME managing editor Walter Isaacson, Clinton said: "If I were just a private citizen, Joe Six-pack, I would have mixed feelings about not getting a chance to disprove these allegations in court...
Many fans, meanwhile, wonder whether McGwire and Griffey will contend for Roger Maris' record of 61 home runs...
...that he briefly blocked her way--not simply that he had lightly touched her, as Jones first said. These elements make the incident sound much more "severe," especially coming from her ultimate boss. (Courts are tougher on accused CEOs than accused co-workers.) Clinton's attorneys, who contend that the new details are lawyer-induced embellishments, will doubtless want jurors to compare Jones' original complaint with her current story. Just on Friday she added several charges, including an expert's testimony that the alleged incident left her with symptoms that resemble post-traumatic stress disorder...
...called as a witness in the Paula Jones case. And he says the first time he recalls seeing Jones herself was on television, and that he said at the time to Lindsey, "Bruce, do we know this lady? Who is this person?" But it is the female witnesses who contend that the Enforcer worked overtime trying to compel a silence about Clinton's past sexual relationships. Lindsey was allegedly in contact with Linda Tripp, his former subordinate, after she saw Kathleen Willey emerge disheveled from an alleged Oval Office sexual encounter. Browning, meanwhile, says that in addition to working...
Whoever took the papers certainly knew his way around. To gain access to Albright's suite, the perpetrator had to have a State Department identification card and either pass by a security guard or use a special magnetic swipe card to enter the secure area. He also had to contend with video-surveillance cameras, which have apparently furnished few clues about his identity...