Word: exception
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...possessed, thanks in part to her own inveterate busybodyness, explosive hearsay information about presidential sexual misconduct. And Lewinsky, the voluble informant, was allegedly urging Tripp to commit perjury in the Paula Jones civil lawsuit. What else could Tripp do to buttress any testimony she might be forced to give except start taping Lewinsky...
...Tuesday, Peter Burleigh, acting American ambassador to the U.N., called Annan and suggested he begin pulling U.N. personnel out of Iraq. When Annan consulted Berger on Wednesday morning, the National Security Adviser told him the situation was "very serious" but not that Clinton had already ordered an attack. Except Britain, no Security Council members received so much as a phone call informing them of the pending action...
NAME: BETTE, FORMERLY "THE ROSE" AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: Singer, used to act in movies BEST PUNCH: Finally taking the stage after midnight, Midler took a thinly veiled swipe at Cher's canned performance, quipping, "I feel like Grace Jones, except I'm singin' live, babe...
...just a gorilla with a pituitary problem--who has a playful sense of his own strength and deploys it only in good causes is an irresistible figure. Also, these days, an instructive one. Fifty years ago, there wasn't much you could do with Mighty Joe except display him exploitatively in a nightclub. Now he can be played as a lovable symbol for all our endangered species...
...anything that came his way. Every President has more work than he can do. Carter may have come closer than any other modern President to mastering his schedule. He got up at 5:30 am. to get at his agenda when he was at home in the White House. Except for a jog, he was on duty until dinner and often went back to the Oval Office for the night. The 20-hour day, seven-day week were not unusual for this ascetic man. When asked about his work habits, he declared, "I'm having...