Word: iras
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Former Clinton aide Ira Magaziner will not be prosecuted forlying about the membership of the President's health care task force. Although a court ruled last December that Magaziner had made some false statements about task force members during litigation, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder said his investigation yeilded no supportable evidence that Magaziner intentionally did so under oath...
...visit to Sicily. Although past pontiffs have made general denunciations of violence, the current pope has been the first to single out the Mob, saysTIME's Richard Ostling. "John Paul is not one to be intimidated. He beat the Communist leaders in Poland. He's denounced the IRA in Ireland, rebuked leaders for human rights violations in places like Brazil, and chastised the Supreme Court on abortion while just a few blocks down the Mall." The Vatican could face a stiff backlash. After the 1993 speech in Sicily, two church bombs exploded in Rome and a priest was gunned down...
...heavyweights, meanwhile, did not have such a successful year. The dual meet season began well, with a win over Brown (thanks, however, to errors on the Bears' part), but fizzled as Harvard lost to Princeton and Penn, finished fifth at Sprints and fourth at the IRA Regatta...
...only meet left now was the IRA Regatta for the National Title, which Harvard won in four fine fashion. The Crimson whipped its foes, crossing the line 1.7 seconds ahead of second-place Princeton. The Harvard lights may not have been expected to do much, but they did anyway...
Other Administration figures under independent counsel scrutiny include President and Mrs. Clinton (Whitewater), Deputy White House Counsel Bruce Lindsey (same), HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros (statements to the FBI before his confirmation), and former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (accepting gifts). Top adviser Ira Magaziner faces a federal investigation over whether he lied under oath about the activities of Mrs. Clinton's health reform task force...