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...Kennedy and Connecticut's Chris Dodd. Clinton accepted that he was going to be impeached but insisted he wouldn't resign or even admit to perjury because he did not believe he had lied. What he wanted now was assurance that there were enough secure votes to fend off conviction in a Senate in which ouster would require a dozen Democrats to join all the Republicans. That large a defection seemed highly unlikely. But impeachment is a world where sure things dematerialize from one day to the next. As a senior Democratic Senate staff member put it, "We were watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Burning | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

Yesterday's contest in Durham, however, was a competitive rematch of last season's ECAC quarterfinal, when UNH needed overtime to fend off Harvard, 2-1. Yesterday's game was an evenly matched, back-and-forth affair, with Harvard getting the slight advantage in shots on goal, 27-26. The Crimson has outshot all eight of its opponents this season...

Author: By Zevi M. Gutfreund, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hockey Upsets No. 1 UNH | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Bruni, and last week tabloid headlines shrieked the news that a Brazilian model is carrying Jagger's baby (the woman denies the rumor). Jagger is also reportedly irked by his 14-year-old daughter's new modeling career, which Hall supports. Perhaps he's worried she'll have to fend off aging rock stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...time their servants help Death discover the joys of peanut butter. In time Bill's serious daughter Susan (Claire Forlani)--you know she's serious because she works as a doctor instead of as an aromatherapist--helps him discover the joys of sex. In return he helps Bill fend off his corporate enemies and even allows him time to make a nice exit speech at his birthday bash before gently conducting him, through a shower of fireworks--anything for a big finish--to a world that, frankly, cannot possibly be better than the one he's leaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Death Be Not Proud | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...make sure to look absolutely unattractive at all times. Boys usually appreciate hygiene, so if you cease to bathe and never leave the room unless you are in your smelly flannel pajamas with a few strands of greasy hair hanging down one side of your face, you will probably fend off any attacks from those Harvard horn-balls...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: How to Keep Him on a Leash | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

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