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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crew awaiting him, as if he were on some high horse instead of on some low road. "You cannot defile the temple of justice," he has said in explaining his relentless pursuit of Clinton. But Starr did. As much as Clinton stained the dress, Starr stained the country to nail him for it. And his party goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unreachable Starr | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...essence of the book here, he still demonstrates the ample talent that helped him win an Academy Award. Demme is still a master of camerawork, as he stitches together a rich array of shots and turns Sethe's house into a brooding metaphor of claustrophobia. However, he does not nail the pacing the way he did in Silence of the Lambs and he muddles the majority of the flashbacks. Ironically, the film is most lively when it resorts to Hollywood dramatics, most notably in a harrowing sequence in which Sethe is more willing to murder her children then see them...

Author: By Bill Gienapp, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Beloved' Spreads Its Boughs | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...Colgate just poured it on," Murphy said. "At20-14, we had a hell of a ball game. If that[drive] wasn't the nail in the coffin, it gavethem the adrenaline they needed to finish...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Raiders Pillage Football, Romp to 34-14 Victory | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...this crucial moment it is not clear that anyone with stature also has the means and the will to nail down a deal. Early last week Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a friend of Starr's, tried to lay the foundation; he spent 20 minutes on the phone with Clinton, and though he didn't speak to Starr, has a good sense of how the guy ticks. Hatch imagined that the country might be spared a year of unnecessary public hanging if Clinton confessed more publicly and contritely than before, if the House agreed to a censure, and if Starr could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There A Way Out? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...another match fell by the wayside, and though Locker's team is young, the imperative to nail down a victory is mounting...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Friars Sermonize M. Soccer | 9/24/1998 | See Source »

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