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...would not sign her affidavit until Jordan produced a job. And regardless of what prompts an investigation, facts discovered in the process of proving or disproving the original allegation are fair game. The argument, says a Starr ally, "fits the pattern of trying to politicize a legal case to divert attention from the facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's Something About Linda Tripp | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...resolution to approve actual air strikes. Clinton may have to decide whether to go ahead with only fractured allied support. For a President facing possible impeachment hearings, that's a big load to take on. "He won't be able to escape the accusation that he's attacking to divert attention from the scandal," admits an Administration official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Balkan Mess | 10/5/1998 | See Source »

...there was a thorn in the side of the Kremlin, we were on the side of the thorn in the side. While the cold war was going on, we actually rooted for droughts, so long as they were behind the Iron Curtain. A drought causes food shortages that could divert military spending or even destabilize the government. I personally drew the line at floods and pestilence, but, then, the people known as hard-liners during the cold war always suspected me of being a softie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bunny Troubles | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

Other steps include educational programs and an additional $200,000 to be spent on student events throughout the year to divert students away from alcohol-driven parties...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Binge Drinking Death Forces Changes in MIT Alcohol, Housing Policy | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

...Pentagon concluded that the key goal of the once secret Operation Tailwind mission was to divert enemy attention from a CIA operation inside Laos. The Pentagon said planning for the operation never mentioned hunting down U.S. turncoats. And while Air Force warplanes dropped a "personnel-incapacitating agent" on enemy troops to help rescue the 16 Americans and more than 100 of their Montagnard allies under hostile fire, it was a potent form of tear gas that was used, not sarin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Absolutely No Evidence | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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