Word: ringed
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...information that TIME had gathered, the independent counsel spoke with unusual candor. He found Henrickson's story "very interesting," he said, partly because in their first meeting, Henrickson did not mention the envelopes until the day was nearly finished. "Based upon the way his story unfolded, it has a ring of truth to it," said Smaltz. "If a guy's got an agenda, usually he can't wait to tell you about...
Thanksgiving weekend was quiet in the Long Island, New York, home of Michelle Slatalla and Josh Quittner. Too quiet. The phone didn't ring all weekend -- which is unusual for a pair of working journalists. Nor did they hear the familiar beep of electronic mail arriving from the Internet, although Quittner tried several times to log on. It wasn't until their tenant complained about a strange message on their answering machine that the couple investigated and discovered all was not well in their electronic cocoon...
...compromise is not flawless. The distinction between the current payment plan and the new plan is a fine one, and to many will ring false. The University, after all, will retain significant control over the nominally independent ROTC fund. Thus, a good idea, we think, would be to go even further: Harvard could, for example, hand over control of ROTC funds to somebody not directly affiliated with the University--perhaps a Harvard graduate with experience in financial management. This would ensure a clean break between Harvard and ROTC funding, since the checks wouldn't even bear the University's name...
Still, most Mexicans found his claims plausible. Virtually everyone accused of involvement so far has family, business or political ties to the northern state of Tamaulipas, which is the base for a ring of drug traffickers known as the Gulf Cartel. Indeed, it was Ruiz Massieu himself who headed the government's antidrug efforts and led a crackdown against the cartel, publicly targeting its elusive chief, Juan Gracia Abrego. Now Abrego stands accused of having put up the $330,000 allegedly paid for the assassination...
...Hampshire primary. What did we think was important to tell readers about Tsongas 15 years ago? For one thing, that he "has strongly supported the Kennedy-Waxman national health-care plan." After the events of this past year, "the Kennedy-Waxman national health-care plan" has such a quaint ring...