Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then came the call to be special prosecutor, and with it instant charges that Starr was too partisan for the job. He was chosen to replace a more moderate Republican, Robert Fiske, following an unusual luncheon attended by Judge David Sentelle, the head of the three-judge panel that named Starr, and conservative Republican Senators Jesse Helms and Lauch Faircloth, one of Fiske's loudest critics. Sentelle and Helms have denied discussing Starr's appointment. By that time Starr had nearly entered the Virginia Republican Senate primary that Oliver North eventually won, and had considered writing a Supreme Court brief...
...America struggles to understand the Lewinsky affair, there's a natural temptation to make sense of the drama by reducing it to a clash between individual heroes and villains. And so we have a parade of soap-opera caricatures--the overzealous and partisan prosecutor, the lusty young temptress, the bloodless wife, the philandering husband--all competing for blame in the public...
...socko all over the Internet. Half a dozen flagging Impeach Clinton sites perked up like sunflowers after a rain. So many bad jokes cropped up so quickly that Usenet groups competed for the title of Canonical Clinton-Lewinsky Joke List. The Bulgarian daily Sega crossed the Balkans--and partisan lines--to set up a Website where Clinton loyalists could leave supportive messages for the President. And the Official Monica Lewinsky Anagrams Page (I Yen Woman Licks; Slick May Win One) expanded its lexicon to include her lawyer, William Ginsburg (Bill Wins...
...financing and restoring public confidence in the system. "Let us make this commitment: Social Security first," he said. Clinton set the stage for a major debate on the future of Social Security, beginning with regional public forums over the next year and culminating in the crafting of bi-partisan reform legislation next January...
...past few years, President Clinton has often been accused of not focusing on "big issues," but given political realities and the partisan nature of the current Congress, he is pursuing a prudent and well-thought-out course of action. If implemented, the plethora of relatively small-scale initiatives in his State of the Union message, when put together, will make a decisive impact on people's lives. For everyone, from students who need loans for college to parents who need child care, Clinton's proposals broaden the circle of opportunity and give people the tools they need to take control...