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...Hubbell's "base" pay. But to prove obstruction, prosecutors have to establish illegal intent, such as buying silence. There's only one place to get such testimony, and so far all Hubbell's benefactors, including McLarty, say they were motivated only by a desire to help a friend in distress. Last week Starr could add another puzzling fact to his roster: McLarty announced he was leaving the Administration to help his son take over the family car dealership in Arkansas...
...unabashedly so) leftist political agenda. Hence, it is not surprising that many students at the screening challenged the politics of Moore's film in the question and answer period. One student asked the filmmaker if he wished America had the same socialist reforms that have led to economic distress in several European nations. Moore answered the question vaguely, stating that America needs more "economic democracy" and that more people needed to earn a "livable wage." The student seemed disappointed with Moore's answer...
...same time, as Mansnerus argues, the legal language for sexual harassment is vague and flexible and open to political vicissitudes. Judge Wright dismissed Jones' claim in part because of Wright's stringent definition of the offense of "outrage," which Jones claims she suffered. Wright argued that "outrage" is "emotional distress so severe that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it." Had the definition been broader, perhaps Jones' experiences would have been sufficient to bring the case to court...
...Judge Susan Webber Wright threw out Paula Corbin Jones' sexual misconduct lawsuit against President Clinton. Wright, once Professor Clinton's law student, is a Republican judge appointed to the Federal bench by former president Bush. She ruled that Jones' case lacked the tangible evidence of sexual harassment and emotional distress needed to justify a trial against the President. As a result of this ruling, Jones' brief encounter with fame seems to have come to an end. She will now disappear from the political scene just as quickly as Monica S. Lewinsky burst onto...
...animal, there are few things as valuable as a good nose. In a world without speech, it's often scent alone that tells you if a stranger is in the mood to mate or in distress, is preparing to attack or about to retreat in fear. The chemicals that carry these odorless messages are called pheromones, and while most animals produce them, the highest animals--humans--were thought to be above such crude olfactory signals...