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...Clinton approach to that last part--keeping costs low--is particularly troubling, since the president's proposal for price ceilings is essentially a promise of price controls that blatantly contradict the goal of promoting competition and quality...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Health Care Debate: A Done Deal | 9/29/1993 | See Source »

...report prepared by Tibert's companyappears, in places, to contradict the officialstatement he signed. For example, while thestatement says that the only asbestos in thebuilding remains in floor tiles, Tibert's ownreport details three different locations ofasbestos in the department's pipe work...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Police Work Amid Damage, Disrepair | 9/17/1993 | See Source »

...hair trimmed on Air Force One by a Beverly Hills coiffeur put the presidential scalp in national headlines, while a cronyism scandal in the White House travel office pitted Clinton's staff against the Justice Department. Later Secretary of State Warren Christopher had to telephone news organizations to contradict a speech by a top aide who had stated in public what many had been saying in private for weeks: under Clinton, the U.S. was retreating from leadership in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Sinking Feeling | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

...compound, sharing chicken a la king and apple juice and macadamia nuts, for which Koresh had developed a taste during his days recruiting followers in Hawaii. DeGuerin told his client that the government did not have much of a case against him -- an impression the negotiators did not contradict. What they heard from the lawyer helped convince them that the Davidians wanted to come out. All the FBI needed was to open the door and yank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: Oh, My God, They're Killing Themselves! | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

Issues from the termination of city officials not performing up to expectations to the need for the manager and council not to contradict each other publicly were rehashed

Author: By Margaret Isa, | Title: Healy Testifies in Public Evaluation | 2/26/1993 | See Source »

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