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...That mea culpa would take some of the drama and steam out of the Aug. 17 appearance. It would affect public opinion, which would affect congressional opinion, which would affect the chances for impeachment and possibly Starr's own calculations. If any President has the communication skills to pull off this high-wire act, Clinton does. But that assumes that he and his wife could muster the will to set aside their loathing of Ken Starr long enough to ask for his mercy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ken Starr: Tick, Tock, Tick... ...Talk | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...signal emanating strongly from the White House late Monday, as aides made a concerted effort to quash the near-universal clamor for President Clinton to address the nation on the subject of Monica Lewinsky. Anonymous senior staffers started popping up all over the media, insisting there was no mea culpa in the works -- before or after his August 17 deposition. "Nobody is sitting around here going through his deposition (from the Paula Jones case) and saying, 'We can shave here, and we can switch stories there,'" one told the AP. Despite some polls showing the President's approval rating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Presidential Penance on TV | 8/4/1998 | See Source »

...tests are positive," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) "then the next question is, will the President submit to giving samples so they can match the DNAs if they are matchable?" Test results notwithstanding, Hatch led the chorus of calls for Clinton to make a televised mea culpa on the Lewinsky affair and even offered to "be there to try to help him if he will." Even assuming he has something to repent, however, Clinton is far more likely to gamble on widespread public exhaustion with the case. "There's no appetite for impeachment either in Congress or the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Dress Rehearsal | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

...CULPA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jan. 26, 1998 | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...suspension that Nevada imposes. "Whatever punishment they give him will show what kind of commission we have," wounded champ Evander Holyfield told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It has to be something to make a statement." Holyfield also said he would be willing to listen to a personal Tyson mea culpa, from a distance. "I'll let him know that his apology is accepted ? and I'll probably ask him a few questions," Holyfield said, "but they'd be personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ears Have It | 7/2/1997 | See Source »

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