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...fair to say you are violating that oath by cooperating with the government?" asked Gleeson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trials Why Is Sammy the Bull Singing? | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...week of Massachusetts native Andrew H. Card to replace Skinner at the Department of Transportation. In the 1988 race, Card urged Bush to use the Willie Horton story and Michael Dukakis's veto of the Pledge of Allegiance bill when both had been largely forgotten. They were winners. Loyalty oath passed...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Fight the Power? | 1/31/1992 | See Source »

Unlike earlier bodies that have looked into the question, the Senate committee has subpoena power, and witnesses who appear before it must testify under oath. For those reasons, its probe stands a better chance than previous investigations of unearthing enough evidence to determine whether the search for missing Americans should be continued. Moreover, the replacement of the Soviet Union by a new Commonwealth of Independent States seeking good relations with the U.S. could permit American investigators to learn at last what Moscow knows about the MIAs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mia Industry Bad Dream Factory | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...heart of this dance is Lysistrata, by far the most challenging role in the play. Carter convinces the audience that her character has deeper motives than lust. She displays a commanding presence, especially when leading the women in an oath of chastity; "I will withhold all rights of access or entrance..." Occasionally, though, the glitz and energy of the production over-shadow her character. Playing the straight woman among vivid caricatures and dancers is a daunting task...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: No Sex Please, We're Athenian | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...majority also fails to consider the wealth of evidence that supports Thomas, choosing instead to rely solely upon four witnesses who testified on Hill's behalf. Thirteen women, many of whom disagree with Thomas politically, have come forward to defend his character under oath...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: That's Not the Anita Hill I Knew | 10/15/1991 | See Source »

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