Word: lies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...denial that the possibilities for the truth are numerous. With good reason, most people believe some of what they're reading and seeing, but not all of it. Most Americans seem to think Clinton and Lewinsky had some sort of affair, but that he did not tell her to lie under oath; they think Clinton is morally bankrupt, but don't much mind as long as he continues to lead the nation through economic bliss...
...advises Tripp to tape the conversations. Soon the tapes fall into Starr's lap, and what is he to do but seek to find out more information? When the scandal breaks, Clinton is devastated. His political career is on the line, and he knows it. He knows how to lie for sure, can keep a straight face with the best of them. But he thought this one would not get out. Not now, not in this way, catching him totally off-guard. He's guilty, and this time everyone seems to know...
Precisely. Got married. Had a baby. Did her best to rehabilitate herself against unfairly harsh criticism of her every move. That's why she didn't need to lower herself. Perhaps Solomon is not familiar with that truest of all proverbs: "Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas...
...microchip has changed the world, but do we know what the long-term consequences will be? Like the programming changes needed to adjust computers to the year 2000, unexpected difficulties lie ahead of us. As has been pointed out by anthropologists, the tools we use to shape the world shape us reciprocally. Computer programmers have not taken this into account. The results will be a modern Tower of Babel: an avalanche of improperly understood information producing increasingly serious errors, messed-up minds and even economic catastrophe. DAISY SWADESH Farmington...
...Presidential fold. Meanwhile, Monica Lewinsky's lawyer announced he has sent the special prosecutor a formal immunity proposal. Full Story Sink or Spin: President Clinton goes on the counteroffensive with his third televised denial: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman. I did not ask anyone to lie." Michael Kinsley on Matt Drudge and the quintessential Web story...