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...gauntlet has been thrown by Starr and the President, two icons of our democratic government. Monica is just a pawn in their game. Kenneth Starr has spent $40 million in taxpayer funds for his investigation. The President is complaining about running out of money for legal fees and says he needs a $3 million fund. But Monica Lewinsky and her parents face the total resources of the U.S. Government--never fewer than five attorneys, and four or five FBI agents working against her. The American public should know what it's like to be caught between two agencies of government...
...automakers wary of as radical a break from the ICE-age as all-electric cars, hybrids offer a compromise. They don't need an extensive public-charger network to overcome a limited range because the batteries are supplemented by a small gasoline engine. Toyota has thrown down the gauntlet by pricing its hybrid, the Prius, at $16,500 in Japan--about a quarter below production cost. The car, which gets 66 m.p.g., could be available in the U.S. within a year. Global warming will force "a slow phase-off of the internal-combustion engine," GM chairman Jack Smith predicted last...
Anyone who has run the department-store gauntlet, dodging spritzer-wielding salespeople, knows that smelling good is serious business. In the U.S. more than 1,000 fragrances emit a heady bouquet--$5 billion in annual sales. The scent of all that money, however, seems to have lured some unlikely folks into the fragrance business. Some of the more curious perfume personalities...
LITTLE ROCK: President Clinton Thursday paid tribute to the nine students who ran a gauntlet of violent bigotry to break the chains of segregation at Little Rock?s Central High School, saying they ?gave up their innocence so that all good people could have a chance to live their dream...
Despite this imposing gauntlet, optimism prevails among the team...