Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...merits, the White House lawyers finally argued the facts--and that decision was pure Clinton. In the House proceedings, his team buried the evidence deep in their legal briefs, arguing in their rare public comments that the offenses, even if true, did not warrant impeachment. But once the prospect of a trial became real--and the President's lawyers got the time to make a variety of arguments--the direction of the defense came from Clinton himself. Lawyers Charles Ruff and David Kendall kept in touch with the President by telephone; meetings were avoided. Even upon their return from...
...needed to be," says MacLeod. "It refers to palace infighting and meddling in the army during his absence, and serious differences of opinion over who would succeed Hassan to the throne." Hussein always wanted to leave the throne to his own progeny, and when Hassan cast doubt on that prospect, the king wielded the ax. It is a monarchy, after...
...League college by dint of her family's willingness to fork over 10 grand to an SAT prep course could result in a child with somewhere between a dose and a half and 2 1/2 doses of pushy-parents genes. Apparently the egg seekers aren't troubled by the prospect of having their grandchildren raised by this sort of person...
Trisha L. Manoni '99, an English concentrator, wasn't terribly excited at the prospect of spending her senior year writing a thesis. More interested in creative writing than literary criticism, Manoni wanted to take more courses in fiction writing--rather than focusing on a single aspect of literary analysis for one year...
...crying jag? "Yes, it would be helpful" for that purpose, says PBS spokesperson Windi Wentworth. "But we don't have a schedule yet." She adds that the network will also include some grown-up programming geared at parents of young kids, such as courses in early childhood development. The prospect of all-hours access to Barney and the Teletubbies is one more in a growing list of reasons you might someday shell out thousands of dollars for the high-definition television required to view HDTV. Another is that the network's digital signal provides interactivity with PBS's web site...