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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Much hand holding. When Hillary is seen to forgive Bill, in Barbara's presence, why then, 7 trillion viewers (the largest audience in history) not only forgive Clinton en masse but also dare any politician to mention the word impeachment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Confession Game: Assuming It's The Truth, | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

Then too, there are creature comforts aboard the shuttle that the Mercury pilots didn't dare dream about. Glenn's only meal on his first, brief mission in space was a tube of applesauce he sucked through a straw. The shuttle offers a decidedly better bill of fare, including such delicacies as smoked turkey, Kona coffee and dried apricots. All the meals are sealed in plastic packets, each of which is coded with a colored dot to indicate which crew member it is intended for. The color code for Brown, the commander, is red; for Glenn, a payload specialist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Glenn: Back To The Future | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...lawsuit was bunk, which has been borne out by its dismissal. Having to make this confession is humiliating, a punishment in itself. I still want to do the job you elected me to, and think I can do it well. [Aside to Congress] Impeach me for this, if you dare...

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

...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," TIME deputy Washington bureau chief Jef McAllister told CNN. "I would essentially dare him to have the Congress follow him into his bedroom...

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

...keep coming back to Shakespeare? The hard truth is that most modern theatergoers can fully grasp only a fraction of his dense Elizabethan dialogue. Critics, moreover, seem intent on making the experience even more intimidating: they become stern schoolmasters when judging those who dare tackle the iambic pentameter. Alec Baldwin's brawny, quite watchable Macbeth at New York City's Public Theatre last winter drew testy reviews. Still the show was a sellout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: His Play's The Thing | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

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