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...something to me and I was pestering him to kiss me, because...it had been a long time since we had been alone." The President told her to wait a moment, as he had pres- ents for her. As belated Christmas gifts, he gave her a hat pin and a special edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass... Ms. Lewinsky testified that after the President gave her the gifts, they had a sexual encounter...
...sufficient basis on which to receive special treatment. Licensing boards like the bar and state medical associations are understandably concerned by the court's ruling. They fear that their ability to uphold professional standards through fair testing may be compromised. After all, learning disabilities are more difficult to pin down than physical disabilities. It is not always easy to determine whether an applicant learns differently yet is perfectly competent, or whether he or she simply...
...more complicated predicament. They know that no matter how tempting it may be to pile on the President, the possibility of a public backlash--and the loss of their 11-seat majority in the House of Representatives this November--is too great a risk. "It's like pulling the pin out of a hand grenade," says John Boehner, one of the top Republicans in the House. "It may blow...
...obsession with the lottery has even come to acquire an actual psychological label, "lottery fantasy syndrome," a term coined by Los Angeles therapist Robert Butterworth to explain the depression that occurs when ticket buyers pin all their hopes on winning, and don't. "It doesn't matter if you spend a dollar or a thousand dollars. You can be hit with lottery-fantasy syndrome as a result of simply buying a ticket and living your dream before it actually occurs," says Butterworth. When people don't win, he explains, "depression and apathy can set in, and life can seem even...
...Phua Mei Pin '00 is a literature concentrator. After being home in Singapore for a fortnight for the first time in a year, she has absconded to the south of France to smell flowers, eat cheese and meet...