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Wading through the 29 tracks of this double album is like watching one of those Airport films: the sheer tonnage of guest stars makes the proceedings feel a bit bloated. Here's sweet balladeer Celine Dion and nail-spitting rapper Foxy Brown. There's Jay-Z, Nas and Noriega. Even Puff Daddy drops in to co-produce a tune. What, O.J. was busy? Why does Kelly, a blue-chip producer-singer-songwriter, need to call in the cavalry? Because R. is less an album than a collection of gussied-up singles, like a meal made only of desserts. There...
...merely offering documents that suggest Clinton may have committed (you guessed it) perjury when asked about his relationship with Willey. And right now, that's the last thing the GOP needs. "Republicans on the Hill look on the Willey charges as a poison chalice," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Branegan. "There's a strong desire to get impeachment over with quickly -? yet if they look like they're not considering it carefully, it hurts them with the core supporters...
...legislature, winning five House seats and holding their ground in the Senate. Voters were more concerned with the economy and education than with Monica Lewinsky, and appeared to rebuke the Republicans for their handling of those issues. "This was the Republicans' election to lose," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, "and it appears they have." Voters sent a strong message to Washington to back off on impeachment -- in exit polls, 61 percent disapproved of the Republicans' handling of the presidential scandal -- but that doesn't mean President Clinton is off the hook: "After a deep breath...
...Senate, which would have made their majority filibuster-proof. Instead, they suffered an astonishing defeat. The Democrats picked up five seats in the House -- a gain without historical precedent for the party that holds the White House. "This was the Republicans? election to lose," says TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, "and it appears they have." Heading up the GOP casualties: outspoken New York Senator Al D?Amato, unseated by Rep. Chuck Schumer despite spending a record-breaking $22 million; California challenger Matt Fong, who failed to oust Sen. Barbara Boxer; and in North Carolina, the ultraconservative Lauch Faircloth, who lost...
When Jonathan Jay Pollard realized that the FBI was hot on his trail in 1985 because he was suspected of spying for Israel, he fled to Jerusalem's embassy in Washington. Accompanied by his wife Anne and their cat Dusty, he pleaded with Israeli guards for sanctuary after the automatic security gate safely closed behind his 1980 green Mustang, stranding the FBI outside the compound. "Listen! I'm Danny Cohen!" he told the guards, using the false name on his Israeli passport. "It's me, Jonathan Pollard!" But Israeli officials wouldn...