Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Report says Clinton and Lewinsky reviewed "cover stories" that her trips to the Oval Office were to see Currie or to drop off letters. Lewinsky testified that Clinton suggested she sign the affidavit...
...Lewinsky arrived at the White House at approximately 10:00 a.m. She told the Secret Service uniformed officers at the Northwest Gate that she had gifts to drop off for the President, but that Ms. Currie did not know she was coming. Ms. Lewinsky and the officers made several calls in an attempt to locate Ms. Currie. The officers eventually invited Ms. Lewinsky inside the guard booth. When Ms. Currie learned that Ms. Lewinsky was at the Northwest Gate, she sent word that the President "already had a guest in the [O]val," so the officers should have Ms. Lewinsky...
...Minister's name also appeared on a list of acceptable candidates put forward by Communist Party leader Gennadi Zyuganov, an odd alliance of convenience. Yeltsin chose Primakov partly because he was obviously confirmable and partly because he thought he could count on Primakov's loyalty. But by agreeing to drop Chernomyrdin, the man Yeltsin wanted to succeed him, the President visibly weakened his position and strengthened those of Zyuganov and Yavlinsky. Whether Primakov succeeds or fails, both of his backers intend to run for President--in 2000 if Yeltsin lasts that long, sooner if he resigns...
Naturally China is eager to reassure potential foreign investors at this parlous moment. But another steep drop of the yen against the dollar, making the renminbi less competitive, would force Beijing's hand. Even if China does go ahead, experts say, the effect would be less severe than the shock of the ruble's fall...
...perfects its technique and other clinics adopt it, the costs are expected to drop, putting gender choice within reach of hundreds of thousands of prospective parents. And considering that men were once willing to apply tourniquets to their testicles, it's hard to imagine that it won't become hugely popular...