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...stack gone, he moved over to CNN, where he threatened to blow his "cork" if the phrase "$40 million" (as in "$40 million investigation") was repeated again. On the air, he said he was "personally offended" by Clinton's attack; in the hallway, he called the President a "jerk" (as close to a four-letter epithet as Hatch ever gets). Salt Lake Tribune reporter John Heilprin, shadowing Hatch, reported that his press secretary praised the usually placid Senator: "Stay passionate, Orrin. That's good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blowing His Stack | 8/31/1998 | See Source »

...others now echo what Harvard officials said at the time: with a mountain of educational prestige, the University could survive a semester's learning curve. Not wishing to endanger its financial reserves with an unsustainable knee-jerk reaction, Harvard bided its time. And 8 out of 10 admitted students agreed, accepting Harvard's acceptance...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Five Major Universities Up Aid; Harvard Stalls But Will Follow | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...semester, everyone involved with financialaid changes has stressed that Harvard was beingcircumspect instead of stubborn--scared that aknee-jerk policy change would be impractical ortoo expensive for the long term...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Quiet Financial Aid Battle an Experiment Before Fall Policy Change | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...ANGELES: Phil Hartman was a personality without a story, a successful "Saturday Night Live" graduate without a Belushi legend or a pile of lurid Farley stories. Hartman did impressions; he was a voice man; he perfected the persona of the likable jerk -- but he never really captured your imagination. You never wondered what he did at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phil Hartman, 1948 - 1998 | 5/28/1998 | See Source »

...think when you're dealing with seriousallegations like this, the track record show it'smuch more often the case that the secrecy is usedto conceal an improper situation," Gerstein said."The knee-jerk reaction is always to handle thisprivately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bill in Congress May Reform Crime Reporting, Disciplinary Proceedings | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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