Word: messing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even for the other side: Gingrich can stop worrying about galvanizing his base, and if he picks up a less-than-expected number of seats--say, only five or six--some in the party can argue it's a message to find a way out of the Lewinsky mess. As for the Democrats, if they lose big, they can go to Clinton with this appeal: "Here are the Democrats who died for you. It's time to sign on the dotted line...
...calls to congressional offices demanding Clinton's resignation or impeachment fell sharply. Gone was talk that leading Senate Democrats would soon be calling for his resignation. In the House more Democrats were willing to follow the White House strategy of blaming Republicans for rubbing America's nose in the mess. Even Representative Jim Moran of Virginia, who two weeks ago said Clinton "doesn't have the moral authority to lead a great nation," was softened by a call from Hillary, and toed the party line. The people, he told TIME, are "so sickened by it all that they are starting...
...least the aid agencies are making an effort. A lot less has been done to put out the ravaging political fires and deal with the root causes of the Balkan mess. The Kosovo catastrophe has been unfolding for months, the Western strategy for unifying Bosnia stumbled from the start three years ago, and the next-door nation of Albania has been cracking for more than a year in vicious political polarization. Yet the West has been largely looking the other way while the crises fester at high geopolitical and humanitarian cost. Nothing much will get done without the leadership...
...because he was so popular that moving against him might spark a rebellion," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. Unprecedented mass protests have, indeed, followed his arrest. "Things have gone so far now that Anwar's supporters may believe they have to overthrow Mahathir to get Anwar out of this mess," says Dowell. "As in Indonesia, the protests could make Malaysia's elite realize that it's time for Mahathir...
...irony of Lucas' situation is that until the Monica mess came along, he had the character issue in his favor. Williams is under investigation for apparent ethical lapses of his own, including making campaign phone calls from his statehouse office and improperly reporting the sale of land to a political ally to support his family while he campaigned. He has also been accused of indicating that he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy when in fact he left in his second year. Lucas argues that the scandal works to his advantage. "I have no fear," he says. "In fact...