Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will preside over the Senate hearings. So the President made sure he sided with his putative prosecutor last week. He went straight into the lion's den--to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee--to praise the bill as "tough," "balanced" and "credible." He warned that "delay will mean the death of reform," which not long ago would have sounded like wishful thinking...
...candidates said that although the delay is frustrating, following constitutional procedures is for the best...
...Lott, the Senate majority leader, have been talking regularly. Lott was in minority leader Tom Daschle's office last week when Lott's pager went off, telling him that Clinton was calling. The Mississippian hustled back to his office to take the call in private. When he explained the delay to Clinton, the President laughed. "Well," Clinton said, "tell Tom I called to tell you I'm switching parties." That would be one way to lock in a legacy...
Another error on special teams cost Jacksonville three more points. Chris Hudson fumbled a return and Mike Bartrum recovered at the Jaguars 19. Vinatieri kicked a 29-yard field goal after the delay when the lights went out, a power outage caused by a blown transformer...
...been focused on the Mall, making preparations for his upcoming second term inauguration, President Clinton instead found his focus turned toward the Supreme Court building. There, justices aggressively questioned attorneys for both Clinton and Paula Jones as they heard arguments over whether or not Clinton should be allowed to delay Jones' sexual harassment suit. Justice Antonin Scalia challenged the assertion of Clinton attorney Robert Bennett that the President was too busy to defend himself, telling Bennett: "The notion that he doesn't have a minute to spare is not credible." But Scalia seemed sympathetic to the heart of Bennett...