Word: faired
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats, meanwhile, were aware that if Clinton could not get a fair trial in a G.O.P.-controlled Senate, it would be in part because of what the Democrats did to Robert Bork and John Tower, and to the methods the Democratic majority had long used to undercut Republican administrations. "If we can't do this," an off-message Democratic Senator said Thursday night, "we're all to blame." And so they agreed to try one last time to pull back from the brink...
...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...
...internal procedural route of review offers value. The true audience for our appeal is not a technical legal committee, but the Harvard Faculty and the broader Harvard University Community. The true basis of our appeal is not to technical misapplication of rule, but to standards of justice and fair play. The internal procedural route may indeed turn out to be as much sham as was Peter's ad hoc committee process, but this, if it happens, will be demonstrated openly on the record of the Berkman Center and will only further strengthen our appeal...
...when the impeachment trial of President Clinton gets under way. Don't expect many surprises from the Chief, but there may be a few ironies from a Justice appointed to the court by Richard Nixon. "Rehnquist is a highly cautious jurist and he will try his best to be fair and dignified and give Senators little cause for objection," says TIME deputy bureau chief Jef McAllister...
...were wondering, there are people in Congress who are intent on getting back to business. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) intend to reintroduce their campaign-finance-reform bill in the House next week. And believe it or not, the two men have a fair chance of getting both the attention and the cooperation of their colleagues. "There is much talk in the House of burying the hatchet," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "The opportunity may arise over campaign reform. Not much needs to be done on it. There is a majority of votes...