Word: lows
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Clinton made a bad (and very stupid) sexual mistake and then tried to cover it up in an understandable effort to avoid embarrassment for himself, his family and everyone around him. That's it. I don't see much evidence of even a low crime or misdemeanor, and certainly none of any impeachable offense. THEODORE MOSHER Laurel...
What is wrong with the U.S.? Have we fallen so low that we now accept abject amorality in our nation's most honored position? People should be outraged! Starr's report confirms our suspicions that the President has disgraced himself, his office and the ethical traditions that have nurtured this Republic since its inception. President Clinton should resign immediately and bring this sordid episode to an end. J. WALLACE DAVIES Anderson...
...honesty is the test, Starr fails: this was and is a dishonest investigation. He gleefully created crimes by asking questions that should never have been asked, knowing that no person could answer them honestly without hurting others and so would be tempted to lie. Clinton's lies are low crimes and misdemeanors. His punishment should be, at most, censure, but it seems superfluous. Does anyone doubt that trashing your legacy and your family and being the target of endless jokes are punishment that perfectly fits the crime? Starr's conduct, on the other hand, is the Big Lie. And that...
With high earnings, surplus money accumulates easily, and many people think that savings are incidental. But practically nothing beyond a hand-to-mouth existence can be maintained without profitably invested savings. So even the desperate remedy of having artificially low interest rates to stimulate business in Asia and elsewhere is bound to fail unless accompanied by adequate voluntary or compulsory savings plans in which money is invested prudently. Excessive investment on credit in risky projects needs to be curbed. People should invest in such ideas only if they can carry the loss of the investment. JENS MEDER Auckland, New Zealand...
...slow liberalization of trade barriers to allow the competitive upgrading of domestic industries before they must compete on a par with external economies? The IMF asks countries to do the impossible in a short period of time. But the best way is not the free-market way. NELSON LOW Singapore...