Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Which is a fortunate thing for the G.O.P., because Hyde, the chairman of the committee that would preside over any impeachment proceedings, is a rare breed of House Republican: a conservative ideologue who nevertheless commands the respect of Democrats for his fairness. Though Gingrich once flirted with the idea of setting up a special committee to receive what is likely to be the first impeachment report ever filed by an independent prosecutor, he was beaten back by Hyde and other Republicans who insisted that "regular order" be followed. With Starr now likely to finish his investigation...
...million people watch that show, and I don't know where the hell they are. I believe more people have seen me at the store. Which would be a better introduction: 'You might have seen this next comedian at the store.' And people would say, 'Hell, yes, I have.'" Nevertheless, after Montreal, Hedberg signed a development deal with Fox. Herewith a sampling of comics you've never heard of but who very well may be about to be employed by another really bad sitcom...
...Federal Reserve for 19 years; in Washington. Martin, who helped define the Federal Reserve as an independent entity, was known for his cautious, if not entirely dire, predictions; he described economic booms as "the party that leads to the hangover." His no-nonsense style--and occasionally unpopular stands--nevertheless managed to inspire the trust of Presidents from Truman to Nixon...
...Tuesday. In the face of a 300-point Dow plunge, Amazon.com and AOL managed to close with small gains. "You would expect the mania-type stocks to be hardest hit," says Kadlec, "but there's still a lot of high expectations surrounding the Internet." A correction is a correction nevertheless, and Kadlec believes the tech bubble will burst soon enough. Indeed, AOL dropped three points amid Wednesday's rally. Don't say we didn't warn...
...Filters are not the answer," agrees Karen Schneider, a librarian in upstate New York, who nevertheless wrote a book called A Practical Guide to Internet Filters. Schneider's book reviews most commercial filters and explains how to make some of them at least serviceable. For instance, she advises that if you must buy a filter, pick one like Cyberpatrol, which allows you to disable "keyword blocking"--a way of getting around the breasts problem that afflicted the grocer. That way, your filter will block access only to a preselected list of offensive sites, rather than banning all the sites containing...