Word: sagas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...century has been joined by another: "Why didn't Clinton settle with Paula Jones before Monica Lewinsky hit the headlines?" It was, after all, the search for "other women" who could support Jones' story that brought Monica to light in the first place. And yet, even as the Lewinsky saga has strengthened Jones' public posture, it has not helped her prospects in court. Sources tell TIME that the Jones team has put out quiet feelers to see whether Clinton might want to talk again about settlement, only to find that the President may want a trial after...
...fast. Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright agreed Thursday with a motion filed by Starr that the Jones investigation was getting in his way; but she ruled in a way Starr never would have asked for. Rather than put the whole Jones case on hold, she nixed the whole Lewinsky saga from the Jones lawsuit. Many legal commentators took that to mean that Starr could forget about citing either Clinton or Lewinsky for perjury in connection with the Jones case, since the subject of Lewinsky's alleged relationship with her ultimate boss will never come up at trial. If Lewinsky...
Week four of the Monica Lewinsky saga opens with more volleys from all sides in what has clearly become a three-cornered battle. Clinton's lawyers attacked Ken Starr; Starr continued his assault on Clinton; and Lewinsky's lawyer played the middle against both ends, by charging that poor Monica is but "a pawn in their game." Writing exclusively in TIME, William Ginsburg reserves the most venom for Starr's legal team, which he portrays as an incompetent crew who took the wrong evidence from Lewinsky's apartment and went into a frenzy over the Drudge Report. Worse, Ginsburg says...
...poll, the President's job approval rating was at a remarkable 73 percent soon after his State of the Union address. A majority of the American people seem to strongly support the President's policy agenda. In the coming months, our biggest concern should be that the recent saga will diminish the President's ability to implement...
...Titanic," starring mega-hot Leonardo DiCaprio, stayed afloat atop the North American box office charts for the seventh consecutive weekend and earned more than the three wide-release newcomers combined, according to studio estimates. The sinking-ship saga earned about $26 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period, which propelled its 45-day total to $308.2 million. The movie now stands as the seventh-highest grossing of all time. "Great Expectations" debuted in second place this weekend with $9.9 million. "Good Will Hunting" held steady in third. "Spice World" fell two spots to fourth. "As Good As It Gets" slipped...