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...They never asked me if I was a voter," he said. Although he swore an oath to the Democrats, he was still a Canadian citizen...

Author: By Zachary R. Mider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Galbraith Calls for Proactive Methods to Reduce Poverty | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...blind Muslim cleric stumbled forward and butted the microphone with his head before a minder steadied him. Another aide whispered the presidential oath in his ear as he pretended to read the words out loud from the folder thrust into his hands. It was an awkward beginning in front of the national assembly for Abdurrahman Wahid, a stroke victim who last Wednesday became the first freely elected President of Indonesia. And it was a bitter denouement for Megawati Sukarnoputri, the presumed front runner who had been left sucking for air by a series of political maneuvers she hadn't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia's Odd Couple | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...then contended he had trumped up the management excuse--and produced the petition--after he got unjustifiably concerned that she was going to go public with her accusations. Baucus has denied making any such advances and says he wants her to present her case in court under oath. She hasn't decided whether to go further because Senate procedure requires that she first exhaust her administrative remedies on his playing field, where the Senate provides him with counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexual Harassment, Chapter 999 | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...long-in-arriving windup order from the judge who presided over the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright followed up her historic April contempt of court ruling against President Clinton with a monetary sanction against him: $90,686 for having provided false testimony under oath about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky in the Jones lawsuit. The money ? minus $1,202, which will go to the court to reimburse its own costs ? will be split between Jones and her attorneys for the expenses they incurred as a result of the President?s failure to testify truthfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Monica Feast Comes the Reckoning | 7/29/1999 | See Source »

Satcher was eventually confirmed by the Senate on February 10, 1998 and took the surgeon general's oath three days later. He is the second surgeon general to simultaneously hold the post of assistant secretary of health...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Satcher to Invoke Health Lessons Learned from Life Experience | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

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