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...they wanted. Rather than try and solve the problem, Washington simply wanted it to go away. The U.N. was incredibly na?ve to play along, because it never commits peacekeeping troops unless there's a viable peace treaty in place. But it was obvious to all that this was the phoniest peace deal ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nightcap in the Killing Zone | 5/11/2000 | See Source »

...previous administrations, [such as] Watergate.... [The] Iran-Contra affair was a serious constitutional breach. [This administration's] are hollow scandals of little consequence. Why has the press devoted more resources to these than, say, at the height of the health care debate, to health care? Whitewater is the phoniest of phonies. It has been protracted twice as long as Watergate. [From] the beginning of Watergate to [Nixon's] resignation was half the time of Whitewater so far, in which...nothing has been proved. In fact, according to the most comprehensive investigations of the Resolution Trust Corporation, headed by a prominent...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: 'This Town': Manners, Media and Politics | 10/25/1996 | See Source »

...were Impressionists Night at the Improv. Sinatra gets marital advice from Humphrey Bogart, rushes to Sammy Davis Jr.'s bedside after his car accident and cavorts with the Rat Pack in a steam room at the Sands Hotel. The scenes between Sinatra and the Kennedy family are the phoniest of all, but they do open up the touchy subject of Sinatra's mob links. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Joe Kennedy asks Sinatra for help with "our friends in Chicago who control the unions." Sinatra obliges by cutting a deal with Sam Giancana (Rod Steiger) on the golf course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crooning To The Top | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...PHONIEST FLAG WAVER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...PHONIEST FLAG WAVER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991:Theater | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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