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...rush the impeachment issue through the Senate in just a few weeks. Daschle told Lott that the Democrats and the White House would go along with the idea, but Lott said he wasn't sure yet whether his fractious Republicans would do the same. The plan, which Lott would float publicly within hours, envisioned a sort of mini-trial, with opening arguments by prosecutors and the White House and few or no witnesses called by either side. After that would come a series of votes to determine whether the case against the President was strong enough to garner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lott's Trial Balloon | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...They wrote to one another voluminously in the privacy of almost indecipherable Judendeutsch (German written in Hebrew characters) and bailed one another out. Hard times for James in Paris brought Nathan's London to the rescue, and so on--meaning that the Rothschilds, a power unto themselves, could usually float above the fates of individual nations and regimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Power unto Themselves | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...informative format of the concert, namely the fact that the pieces and instruments were discussed a bit. It was impossible to leave without having learned something. Hopefully the Society for Early Music, and other musical organizations, will continue to bring their art forms to the Fogg, where it can float among those African masks and Renaissance portraits for an evening...

Author: By Melissa Gniadek, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Happiness Is a Warm Harp, In This Case | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. Or so the saying goes. In Boston, however, a new flock of ducks have begun to emerge in hues of pink, green, blue and other colors Mother Nature never intended. As they ride down the street or float down the Charles, the gratuitous quack, quack, quacking of history hungry tourists, exuberant children and theatrical guides reverberates off of a disinterested Boston. (For the uninitiated: duck passengers are required to make quacking noises when the tour passes Boston pedestrians...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: if it looks like a duck | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...that was left. The houses are shelters instead of enclosures; residents dwell in them while dwelling simultaneously in the outside environment. There are fewer elements in the open plan of the houses, but each has purpose. And instead of adding bulk, the steel enables rooms, staircases and mezzanines to float, and spaces to take on unique forms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Back To The '50S | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

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