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...That is like having to sell the family silver just to keep food on the table," he said. "So in good times, we must be prudent in case times get rough again, as they undoubtedly will...
...stand, Starr had to thrust himself into the public relations nightmare of forcing a mother to testify against her own child. Though Starr was operating within the law, not many people have seen up close how rough the law can get when a determined prosecutor pulls out all the stops. And the very notion of turning mother against daughter plays into the hands of the critics who say that the independent counsel is on a mad tear. If Lewinsky were accused of a violent crime, maybe terrorism or espionage, it might seem reasonable to apply heat to her family...
...brought to her side. In the end, Lewis didn't require either. But she left the proceedings looking pale and shaken. "He's tortured her," Lewinsky's attorney Ginsburg told TIME. "It was intended to be a clear signal to others, including Monica, that he's going to be rough." Starr ventured into controversial territory a second time by trying to get testimony from Secret Service agents who protect the President. Lewis Fox, a retired agent, was summoned to the courthouse after he was quoted in the Washington Post saying that on a weekend afternoon late in 1995 he ushered...
While there are differences between the men's and women's games--slap shots aren't as hard, and full body checking is not allowed among the women--play is just as intense and often very rough. No body checking usually means a fast-moving game grounded in the essential techniques of passing and stick handling. The hockey of the U.S. women's team is a skill sport. Says Mike Eruzione, captain of the "miracle on ice" 1980 U.S. men's Olympic team: "They have great feet and keep the game very basic. They are really a pleasure to watch...
Well, as he was in the delicious Wag the Dog, the director is looking for a new venue in which to display the thing he loves best--rough, funny dialogue that reveals the morally equivocal motives of highly dubious dreamers. And for a few minutes at the beginning of Sphere, which is about the exploration of a spacecraft that has been discovered resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, you think he may be on to something...