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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gregory's plight attracted national attention and even reached the podium of the G.O.P. convention, where conservative Pat Buchanan cited the case in his attack on Hillary Clinton, implying Gregory's lawsuit was an assault on the American family and could unleash a flood of frivolous litigation by willful children against their parents. Finally, after a parade of witnesses attested to his mother's less than perfect parenting, it was Gregory's small clear voice declaring "I'm doing it for me, so I can be happy" that resonated in the courtroom. In the past eight years, the child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Child Asserts His Legal Rights | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

...Clinton's negatives in the meantime. "Baker is making a calculation that as long as we're going negative, and it's working, there is no reason to debate yet," the official said, adding, "And until we know what Perot's going to do, it makes sense to stand pat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In For Keeps, or Just for Kicks? | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

...campaign left two men of the cloth, Jesse L. Jackson and Pat Robertson, particularly red-faced...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Tick-Tock, Flip-Flop | 10/3/1992 | See Source »

With this Pat, there is no question of gender as with that "Saturday Night Live" skit. This Pat is certainly a man--a large, hairy man in a tank top sitting behind a desk guarded by an equally large and hairy German shepherd. He takes your money, gives you a municipal ticket and sends you on your way. He doesn't speak. He doesn't even tell you where your car is. You just have to wander through the bowels of the garage looking...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

...does Pat clue you in on how he got into your car to put down your emergency brake, tune the radio to WAAF, the heavy metal station, and catalogue all your belongings (all the way down to the half-empty bag of chips and spilled lemonade under the passenger's seat) for the official record on the back of your receipt...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: A Liberal Education | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

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