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...Jones'--who claim to have been privy to the most intimate details of her life--cast doubt on her story. One says that far from being horrified by her encounter with Clinton, Jones was filled with "bubbly enthusiasm." The other, a former receptionist for the Governor, says Jones hung around the office hoping to see Clinton. Trooper Ferguson claims Jones gave him her home phone number to give to Clinton. (Jones denies these accounts...
McKINNEY, Texas: IBM once was legendary for the large signs it hung in its offices reminding workers: THINK. But these days, thinking can be hazardous in some companies. Take Evan Brown, a former employee of DSC Communications. After the company found out that Brown had dreamed up a way to convert old computer code into an easier-to-use computer language, DSC demanded he turn over the idea, since he had signed an agreement which gives the company ownership of anything he develops while on staff. Brown, who says he developed the idea on his own time, won't budge...
Last Wednesday the two Russians and one American aboard the Mir space station were playing a video game with the highest possible stakes. Outside, an unmanned Progress cargo ship hung in space, pointing its television camera toward Mir. Inside, Commander Vasily Tsibliyev watched a monitor as he operated a pair of joysticks, coaxing the robot ship in for a docking. But inexplicably, Progress stopped responding to Tsibliyev's commands and rammed the station. The collision damaged Mir's solar panels and punctured its hull, threatening not only the lives of the crew but perhaps the future of U.S.-Russian collaboration...
...tragedy, when he rashly brought a libel suit against the father of his young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for publicly calling him a sodomite. Wilde dropped the suit midway through the trial, but the damage was done: charges were soon brought against him for violating public morality. After one hung jury, he was convicted and sent to jail for two years...
...match that was perhaps the most captivating of the weekend, Harvard hung tough to claim a 9-15, 15-11, 15-11, 12-15, 15-11 victory, one of only three five-game victories the Crimson garnered throughout the season. Moreover, Harvard climbed above the .500 mark with this victory, its second time out of the hole all year...