Word: furor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...successful, it briefly allowed the White House to focus more on Clinton's legal troubles than his political ones, and consider introducing, under seal, evidence of Jones' sexual behavior to counter her new claims of suffering "sexual aversion." But within hours of the plan's leaking, the furor convinced Bennett that it would be better to hold his fire...
...William Milhous Clinton," proclaimed the Wall Street Journal's editorial headline, making the ubiquitous Monicagate-to-Watergate connection that was popular in print pieces Tuesday. "[The privilege claim] is a sure sign that, despite the Monica-sex furor of the past few weeks, the worst is yet to come...
...quit school following eighth grade and failed as a car dealer before pulling himself out of bankruptcy and scraping together the funds to found Green Tree. Today he remains firmly in charge, particularly after the resignation of Green Tree president Robert Potts, who quit in December amid the furor over the income revisions. Not much given to displays of wealth, Coss maintains a vacation house in Flagstaff, Ariz., and likes to buy up land near his hometown of Miller...
...minuses," says Morris. The upside included a fine R.-and-B. stable and country enclave. The downside: everything else. Morris bought half of Interscope, accepting its explicit lyrics in return for instant street credibility and album sales. "Interscope has always been noisy," he says, smiling. "But underneath the rap furor, there's a core of strong music with fine management...
...billion, and it missed more than 10 million people. Of the 290 million people in the country, only 61 percent answered the survey. While this seems like an obvious example of bureaucratic waste that must be revised, there has been strong opposition to the alternative statistical sampling method. The furor against statistical sampling arose when some Republicans released a report that said that through statistical sampling, they could lose as many as 30 seats in the House. Therefore, they claim that statistical sampling could be use to gain political leverage by the Democrats, and so they have tried to poke...