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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many Americans are asking: Where are the Abraham Lincolns of today? No doubt, we could sure use someone like him. But let's not forget that for Lincoln had a racist, pro-slavery vice president by the name of Andrew Johnson, who was also later impeached as President...

Author: By Lansing D. Mcloskey, | Title: Finding Clinton's Place In History | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., who delivered introductory remarks before Mandela's address, told The Crimson that Friday was "one of the greatest days in [his] life--without a doubt...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Mandela Earns Praise for Insight, Humility | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

There is little doubt that Nelson Mandela is a great man, worthy of our utmost praise and hence, an honorary degree from Harvard. Yet why have all the special degree recipients been male politicians? Surely there have been scientists, entertainers, humanitarians or teachers (and maybe even female ones) who have contributed as much or more to humanity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Who Will Come After Mandela? | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...days before they finished writing the Constitution, the men working on it stumbled on an unresolved question: Under what circumstances should Congress be able to impeach the President? No doubt tired of parsing legalisms after months of work, they took only about five minutes to dispense with the constitutional crisis. They had already decided that treason and bribery were no-brainers--definitely grounds for impeachment--but George Mason of Virginia said he was concerned that those two crimes didn't capture "many great and dangerous offenses." So he suggested adding "maladministration" to the list of impeachable no-nos. When others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Exactly Are High Crimes and Misdemeanors? | 9/21/1998 | See Source »

...sniped that she was "a professional bride." Undeterred, Mondale broke into television journalism as an entertainment reporter with WCCO-TV, and started raising getting more than her share of ink in the gossip column of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune -- where she appeared a record 200 times. "There is no doubt," the Star-Trib later wrote, "that she closed plenty of bars, dated high-profile celebrities" -- ex-Eagle Don Henley among them -- "and muscled her way into the limelight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Eleanor Mondale? | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

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