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Democrats have long derided the investigation as a Republican ploy to destroy a popular Democratic president, but, as TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan notes, "this independent counsel position has taken a life of its own. It's not beholden to either party, and it stands to hurt both of them." In an interview with the Washington Post on Monday, Ray said that he's bolstered his prosecutorial staff in recent weeks and will pursue charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the Monica Lewinsky case as well as charges surrounding the coercion of Kathleen Willey. The following...
...Chronicle. Those plans were put on hold Thursday when a U.S. district court judge halted the move based on a petition by local political gadfly Clint Reilly, who argued that the subsidized transfer of ownership to Ted Fang, the proprietor of a group of local newspapers, was a ploy to doom the Examiner and leave the Bay Area with only one daily newspaper. The ruling, which many believe Hearst will appeal, has touched off a debate among media analysts about the Newspaper Preservation Act, a law passed in 1970 with the aim of preventing newspaper monopolies in America's cities...
...remains unclear exactly what impact the new policy will have, and some see it as a mere public relations ploy. Police department spokesman Roland Lee told TIME Daily that the specifics have not been worked out yet, and that it remains unclear whether the women's groups will have the authority to review each and every case that is downgraded. What's more, said Lee, "the women's groups will look at some cases, but the final determination of whether to investigate them will still be made by the police department." Still, the move can be taken as another sign...
...vote 7. He suspended Strawberry 9. Troops here may have got defective chemical suits 12. He labeled McCain "anti-New York" 13. McCain called Robertson and Falwell "__ of intolerance" 14. Kind of discrimination 15. Spain's Princess __ 17. Politically incorrect suffix 18. Novi Sad resident 20. __ attack (hacker's ploy) 21. Cass Elliot was one 22. China won't relinquish its right to use force here 24. Went white 25. Arbitrator Shyam __, who halved Rocker's suspension 26. Women's patriotic org. 27. Airline that's going Chapter 11 30. Kind of profiling at issue 33. Score after deuce...
Bradley didn't stand up--he regarded Gore's move as a transparent ploy, the kind of low gambit that was beneath him. Bradley's contempt for Gore--"He sees Al as a smaller guy," an adviser said at the time--blinded him to the seriousness of Gore's counterattack. He could see through Gore, so he assumed that voters would see through him as well. But there was more to Gore than Bradley believed; voters liked what they saw in the Vice President. He wasn't charming, but he worked hard and came to play. A Bradley strategist calls...