Word: lies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There was, conspicuously, no mention of perjury. Starr knows that lying about sex is not the stuff of impeachment proceedings. He is more intent on compiling evidence of obstruction: the possibility that Clinton coached secretary Betty Currie on key details of his relationship with Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan's extraordinary job search for her around the time she signed an affidavit denying a presidential affair, and the orphaned "talking points" Lewinsky allegedly handed Linda Tripp, asking her to lie in her deposition. Starr hopes to make obstruction the heart of his report to Congress, not only because it is a grave...
...does Puffy's authority really lie beyond in the hip-hop world? His label is owned by Arista Records which in turn is run by BMG Entertainment, very much a part of white corporate America. Even in scenarios where black successes and authority exist, their achievements are still limited by the institutions of white America. The fact that there are no black NFL team owners demonstrates these limits as well. In cinema, Debbie Allan had to push for ten years until she could get the backing of Steven Spielberg to produce Amistad. Moreover, Puffy's success has depended...
...that race was not one of many factors. That was a lie," he said. "It was the factor...
...facts emerging in the Jones case, most legal experts say, cut against her. Willey? The public is tilting toward he-said, away from she-said. Lewinsky? Starr will have a hard time convincing a poll-driven Congress that lying about consensual sex means you lie about everything; it is the only thing many people lie about. An impeachment for lying looks like an impeachment for sex, too much of a punishment in either event, and a huge ordeal for the country...
...either of the two which road the other person would tell you to take to get to Harvard, and then take the opposite road. The liar will always point to the road to Yale, either because he is a liar or because he would lie about what the truth-teller would say. Since no matter who you ask, the liar has a part in the answer, you will always be told the road to Yale...