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...asked Judge Susan Webber Wright to approve a very precise, three-part definition of sexual relations. Clinton's attorney Robert Bennett objected to the whole definition, but to the last two parts especially, as being too broad. Wright agreed to disallow parts 2 and 3, leaving only the first, narrowest definition of sex in place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Is Sex Not Sexual Relations? | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

Travel '98, beset by fiery cruise ships and bouncing aircraft, led us to ask these intrepid globe trotters about their narrowest escapes from danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Aug. 10, 1998 | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

...things he promised to do and all the things he did do might not be for the country's good in the long run--but what he did do seemed so much better than the deeds of any other single citizen in the land that only the narrowest partisan could cavil at his popular selection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1929-1939 Despair | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: The people in the House say Si. By the narrowest of margins -- a single vote -- the House of Representatives voiced its approval Wednesday night for a plebiscite that may turn Puerto Rico into the 51st state. More importantly, they did it without any bill-killing riders such as a clause making English the official language of the United States -- a suggestion from Rep. Gerald Solomon that seemed calculated to offend the Spanish-speaking commonwealth. ?I?m extremely excited,? said Puerto Rico?s only congressional delegate, Carlos Romero-Barcelo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: 51st Estado? | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...Newt Gingrich's blunders have given the Democrats at least an even chance of picking up the 19 seats they need for a majority. But they probably cannot count on getting more than a few to spare beyond that. Whichever party wins the House may find itself with the narrowest margin in decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL TEXAS PULL A HOLDUP? | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

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