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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this ninth year of the Clinton Administration, Clinton continues to soil Gore's reputation. Last Thursday it was Gore's allies who bore the brunt of the criticism for Clinton's eleventh-hour pardon of financier Marc Rich at hearings chaired, just for old times' sake, by Representative Dan Burton, of Who Murdered Vince Foster? fame. Clinton, with his eyes wide open, had his reasons for pardoning Rich--like the near half a million Denise Rich gave to his library--but the hot lights were trained on Jack Quinn--closer to Gore than to Clinton--and former Deputy Attorney General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Buddy Movie Goes Bad | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

Realistically, there's only one explanation--some higher power directed that ball gracefully down into the Princeton basket with .0003 seconds left on the clock. Somebody was watching from the rafters and realized that these people have to go to school in New Jersey, for God's sake, and they were owed something for that...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, | Title: Looking to the Rafters | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

...what is an "interim" agreement with the Palestinians? Sharon has signaled he's not interested in any further land transfers, and the Palestinians are not interested in stability for stability's sake while Israel still controls more of the West Bank than they do. What could be offered by Sharon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharon and Barak: The Art of the Deal | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

...sake of public perception and to fulfill its ethical mission as an institution of human learning, Harvard must reevaluate its relationship with Highfields Capital," the letter reads...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PSLM Protests Harvard's Investment in Gambling | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...master showman, more rudely entertaining? For TV's Beat Takeshi and the movies' Takeshi Kitano are halves of the same protean artist. One does anything for a laugh; the other dares the audience not to laugh at the spectacle of man annihilating himself and his species for the sake of a rusty old word like honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unbeaten | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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