Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Numerous columnists have written that without the services of All-American forwards Kristin Folkl and Vanessa Nygaard, Stanford was doomed before the start of the game. Harvard just happened to be in the right place at the right time--how else could one explain Stanford losing to "Harvard and little Suzie Miller" as one writer...
...GIFTS Clinton and Lewinsky have both acknowledged that gifts were exchanged. Clinton now claims it was Currie who asked him to pick up some presents and even specified what to get Monica, according to the New York Times. This answer helps explain the T shirt from Martha's Vineyard but stretches credulity when it comes to his giving her a copy of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, which he also happened to give Hillary when they were courting. As for Lewinsky's gifts to Clinton, many people shovel trinkets at the President, and the smart ones know the best...
...Clinton privately. Was it five, as Clinton said in his account? Or more? The difference, said a lawyer, could be trouble. "If Monica's testimony is that they were alone 25 times, that's a tough statement. Can you believe anyone doesn't remember 25 times?" Which helps explain what Starr wants to know from Currie: How many visits does she recall? Were they during the day or late at night? Was Currie always there? Or almost never...
...prominence has been given by Western journalists, particularly democracy and human-rights activists, who believe we should be completely like them. I have tried to explain we have a different historical background and different social values. These different values have made for fast growth. The collapse has come about because of a lack of systems, especially "the rule of law." If it is Asian values that brought about this disaster, how come Hong Kong and Singapore have not been affected...
...doubt that the country has arrived at an uncanny cultural and political moment, consider this: John Travolta can do a better Bill Clinton than Clinton can. The President's performances these days are often subdued--seven weeks of stalling and refusing to explain his relationship with Monica Lewinsky seem to have shorted out his emotional connection to America. And now comes Travolta in Primary Colors, the Mike Nichols movie based on Joe Klein's novel about the 1992 campaign, with a portrayal so deeply and exuberantly Clintonian that it reminds you of everything you've ever loved and hated about...