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Washington did not do badly. It is off the hook, at least for now, on its threat to bomb Iraq, a move that promised less than satisfying results and that was gathering opposition at home and abroad by the day. Clinton's bottom-line demands were preserved, as Saddam again accepted U.N. resolutions that mandate "unconditional and unrestricted" inspections and destruction of his bioweapons, nerve agents and missiles. This deal could fall apart--and many experienced experts assume it will--but matters had worked out better than the Clintonites had expected...
...painfully true at the heart of the leaked White House claim, quickly denied, that there was an "emotional bond" between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. This is not to say that there was no sexual relationship, or that the phrase was not a concoction to get him off the hook, or that he ought to be off the hook...
...limo--made the papers anyway, forcing the fixer into the spotlight. Lewinsky reportedly told Tripp that Jordan said to her, "They can't prove anything...Your answer is, 'It didn't happen, it wasn't me.'" If that turns out to be true, Jordan could be on the hook for suborning perjury and obstruction of justice. And if Lewinsky cooperates with independent counsel Kenneth Starr in exchange for immunity, Starr would presumably try to work his way up the ladder to Jordan--and Clinton could find out once and for all what his friend is made...
...prove," says Duke law professor Sara Sun Beale. Much would depend on the precise words Clinton used in his deposition, and he has proved adept at phrasing answers with lawyerly attention to detail. The statement, "There is no sexual relationship," for example, could let him off the hook if there was an affair in the past that is now over, or if he succeeded with a claim that oral sex did not constitute a "sexual relationship...
According to Dr. Stan Riddell of the Hutchinson Center, a scenario such as this is the best that a patient could hope for. But Kuo is still not totally off the hook. According to his father, Kuo is still at risk for developing a more serious case of GVHD, and the possibility of a relapse is "still high" for his first year of recovery. However, the risk of relapse decreases with time...