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...Democrats would be happy to oblige. The popularity of the censure option, which the White House is not yet ready to accept, is growing fast among Democrats in Congress, especially the ones who face re-election. Cautiously triumphant Republicans are in no mood to let the President off the hook that fast. When Senate majority leader Trent Lott said last week that he didn't think censure was enough, he was signaling that no quick end was in sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics Of Yuck | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...does not seem to mind. A cross section of citizens on NBC after the speech gave their approval of Clinton's performance. "He came clean," said one. "Enough already!" One thing achieved by this easy transaction--as author Suzanne Garment has observed--is that the public slips off the hook. No moral standards need apply. Who then minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: President Gantry Addresses the Flock | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...though she did with him. Since perjury requires a conscious lie, McAllister says there is enough ambiguity there "to create a colorable argument that Clinton did not completely understand what he was answering, and thus did not commit perjury." Which may be enough to get him off the legal hook. But will the American public accept that the President had only this definition in mind when he looked them in the eye and said he did not have sexual relations with "that woman"? No-one at the White House knows for sure -- hence the tentative trial balloon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Testimony Trial Balloon | 8/14/1998 | See Source »

...your broker, barber or brother off the hook for that lousy stock tip just yet. But don't dismiss the value of being part of the lawsuit either. After all, the money you lost is gone. Whatever you recover is better than nothing, and it won't cost you a cent to collect. The tricks are staying informed so that you know when to file a claim and being able to lay your hands on the needed documents when judgment day finally arrives. If you were pummeled in any of the recent debacles--recall the collapse of HMO company Oxford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sue 'Em for Fraud? | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

Past efforts show that Master P, who is executive producer of Snoop's album, knows his way around a studio. There are a few songs on his CDs Ghetto D and I Got the Hook-Up that have an earthy seductiveness. But he tends to dwell on the same subjects (guns, drugs, women), and he does so with a numbingly brutal attitude and the same spare rhythms and catchphrases (one of his favorites is the primal cry of "Ugh!" to punctuate a song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Leash On Life | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

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