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When the country's currency and stock market came crashing down of its own weight, Mahathir blamed outsiders--a cabal of speculators, Jews and enemies of the developing world. To replenish the treasury, he asked the rich to pawn their jewelry overseas and bring the money back to Malaysia. To cut a huge foreign bill for food, he asked people to plant vegetables in their front yards. Last week Mahathir took the bold step backward of withdrawing Malaysia from the global economy, sealing off its currency from outside trade and sacking the pro-market Finance Minister. Absurdly, he also found...
...that while indicting Lewinsky may be Starr's strongest legal option for forcing the President to tell his story, it is Starr's weakest political option. As Lewinsky's father Bernard pointed out last week, many Americans might have trouble with the idea of a special prosecutor sacrificing a pawn to corner the king. Lewinsky's lawyer William Ginsburg, in an open letter to Starr published last week in California Lawyer, wrote, "Congratulations, Mr. Starr!... You may have succeeded in unmasking a sexual relationship between two consenting adults"--which of course seems to suggest that his client perjured herself when...
...wasn't crystal clear before that there is an ultra-conservative crusade out to get Bill Clinton, now there is proof in the fact that Paula Jones is appealing the judge's decision to dismiss her case [ESSAY, April 27]. Jones has always been a pawn of the right wing, which will spend any amount to bring Clinton down. These Clinton haters have promised to bankroll her legal expenses; they don't care about her vindication. Jones is a complete phony. TOBY MACK Roxas City, the Philippines...
PAULA JONES Maybe an object in Clinton's game, surely a pawn in someone else's. Who will give...
...gauntlet has been thrown by Starr and the President, two icons of our democratic government. Monica is just a pawn in their game. Kenneth Starr has spent $40 million in taxpayer funds for his investigation. The President is complaining about running out of money for legal fees and says he needs a $3 million fund. But Monica Lewinsky and her parents face the total resources of the U.S. Government--never fewer than five attorneys, and four or five FBI agents working against her. The American public should know what it's like to be caught between two agencies of government...