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Depending on the circumstances, a consultant might suggest that the Congressman try to undermine the credentials of the snitch ("The man can't tell a sheep from a goat!") or simply stonewall on the theory that even in the Kenneth Starr era, there is enough prosecutorial discretion left to make the subpoenaing of a sheep highly unlikely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deplorable Down and Dirty | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...billionaire for not being on his own firm's witness list. "Given Mr. Gates's key role in these events," said Houck, "the only explanation for his failure to appear is his lack of intestinal fortitude." Calling Bill Gates gutless -- now there's something guaranteed to get Microsoft's goat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Target: Gates | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

Food ranged from oxtails, curried goat, and pumpkin butternut squash soup to the more traditional bratwurst and strudel. Pizza and sausage vendors were also on hand to appease more American tastes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oktoberfest Celebration Draws 35,000 to Square | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

...quite so adventurous? The Miracle of Science offers New American food like veggie burgers and goat cheese quesadillas. 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., 321 Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LISTINGS | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...Fuhrer, it seems, "had a stern father and was unable to establish a healthy relationship to his mother." Auschwitz resulted, you see, from the child Adolf's low self-esteem. A 1981 book published in Germany suggested in all seriousness that when Hitler was a youth, a billy goat took a bite out of his penis. Hence his subsequent career. The famous Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal put it all down to the syphilis he thought Hitler had contracted from a Jewish prostitute. Others said Hitler himself had Jewish blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Why Was He So Evil? | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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