Word: quashed
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Leave it to Meryl Streep to quash all doubts. Her latest acting showcase, One True Thing, tells such an incredibly small story that it puts all the vast, sweeping movies of recent memory to shame. No giant sinking ships, no supernatural theatrics--One True Thing proves that the power of simple things can make for transcendent and arresting filmmaking...
...feels betrayed. He said so in Newsweek last week. Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers said something similar in TIME. But what exactly is the nature of these betrayals? They surely didn't believe, until Aug. 16, that Monica Lewinsky was making it all up. Stephanopoulos helped quash "bimbo eruptions" during the 1992 campaign, and both aides spun mightily for the President they now say can't be trusted...
WASHINGTON: There will be no heartfelt confession beamed to every television in the land. That was the signal emanating strongly from the White House late Monday, as aides made a concerted effort to quash the near-universal clamor for President Clinton to address the nation on the subject of Monica Lewinsky. Anonymous senior staffers started popping up all over the media, insisting there was no mea culpa in the works -- before or after his August 17 deposition. "Nobody is sitting around here going through his deposition (from the Paula Jones case) and saying, 'We can shave here...
...real one. Although the move put both sides into uncharted legal territory, it seems fairly certain that a sitting President--unlike Whitewater defendant Susan McDougal or any other ordinary citizen--cannot be sent to jail for contempt. One response Clinton can make to the subpoena is to move to quash it. Failing that, if he refuses to testify, the question of whether he must comply immediately goes to Congress. It is Congress that would then decide whether to hold hearings to determine if his defiance merits impeachment proceedings. Those hearings would inevitably give Starr an opportunity to make a broader...
...news for Burton-bashers: The pit bull's still with us. A bid to oust the outspoken Indiana Republican failed Wednesday when Burton used his power as chairman of the House committee on governmental reform and oversight to quash ranking Democrat Henry Waxman's motion. And despite Waxman's vow to take it to the floor of the House, it looks as if Burton has finally weathered the storm over his recent editing of the Web Hubbell tapes. One small success for the Democrats: They managed to block Burton's attempt to give immunity to four potential committee witnesses, whom...