Word: finely
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Tripp's "I am you" speech was similar to the one given earlier in the day by another misunderstood victim, Mike Tyson. He wanted the New Jersey Athletic Control Board to know that biting off Evander Holyfield's ear hurt him deeply--although Tyson's ear is just fine while Holyfield's needed surgery. Similarly, Tripp would have us believe that everything she did hurt her more than it hurt Monica. Now that Monica is accusing her for the first time--of helping to write the talking points--she may actually find out what being accused of a felony...
...sending and seeking reassurance. "They're calling around and telling members that the President's had a great week," said one House Democratic leadership staff member. "The problem is, those guys don't know anything. I'll believe it when David Kendall calls me and tells me everything's fine...
This Jesuitic fine slicing is a harmless, even touching, instance of the sly evasion, a technique the President has made famous, in which a statement is true word for word but false in spirit. He will forever be known as the President who "didn't inhale," but the dodges leading up to that indelible admission are worth remembering too. When he was first asked whether he'd ever used marijuana, candidate Clinton replied that he'd "never violated the laws of my country"--then that he had "never violated any state laws." And this was true, literally. It turned...
...data traffic. Some companies--like International Discount Telecommunications--do offer telephone service over the Internet, posing yet another threat to traditional phone giants. In two years, IDT has gained a million customers (who do not, by the way, need to make calls through a computer; a regular phone works fine...
Pardon me then when I was disturbed to learn that one of Peoria's most famous and accepted social institutions is a strip club. Big Al's, a "world-famous gentleman's club" located in the middle of downtown, features "the world's most beautiful women," fine cigars, cognac, a lunchtime buffet and Wednesday night wet T-shirt contests...