Word: messing
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Scott's name came up again last week, with the release of a pile of memos from 1993 and 1994 in which she outlined ways to court the President's political supporters with visits to the White House mess, special policy briefings, trinkets, White House tours and the like. Of particular interest to congressional investigators is her proposal that the White House also set up "links" with government agencies, so it could obtain "information/resources" for those early supporters--a plan that sounds very much like trading official favors for contributions. Republicans found the documents highly provocative. "When it involves using...
Although the other kids didn't know about Joan's surgical history, they teased her about her tomboyish looks and behavior. Public bathrooms proved to be a source of particular discomfort. Joan often insisted on urinating standing up, which usually made a mess. In junior high school, she stood so often in the stalls of the girls' rest room that the girls finally refused to let her in anymore, forcing her to use the boys' room instead...
...just try logging on to the IRS website (www.irs.ustreas.gov) as tax time approaches. What's more, the agency is coming under increasing criticism from the General Accounting Office for a 'tax gap' of some $150 billion annually that is due mainly to taxpayer fraud. To help clean up the mess at the IRS, the Treasury Department wants to make permanent an IRS oversight board to help supervise the computer upgrade. The plan would allow for more outside consultants to help with the computer overhaul. The plan also would let the IRS contract with private businesses to assist with processing...
...does it? Or did she? Chung's lawyer, Brian Sun, told TIME that Chung had approached Williams' aide Evan Ryan the day before, hoping to arrange a cozy lunch in the White House mess for some Chinese businessmen and a later meeting with the First Lady. Somehow the subject turned to Democratic Party needs. Ryan remarked that the President's party had to cover the costs of political events held by the First Lady at the White House, although Ryan "does not recall" that conversation. So Chung came back the next day and handed Williams that "unsolicited" $50,000 check...
...difference between inviting contributors to the White House before their contributions and after? Between holding a political strategy session in a West Wing office and holding it in a place called the Ward Room (O.K., for some reason, since the Ward Room is near the White House mess)? The Clintonites insist that they stayed on the right side of these bizarre lines. Their critics say otherwise. It's hard to care...