Word: scooped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What is emerging is just how much the entire investigation is relying on the word of Lewinsky's confidant, Linda Tripp. The now-famous Newsweek story, which was all set to scoop the world on Saturday, acknowledges Tripp as its main ? possibly only ? source. It is Tripp who has controlled access to the only 90 minutes of tape the media has heard, in which Lewinsky refers to an affair with "the big he" and "creep," and also says, alarmingly, "I have lied my entire life...
...redeeming, perhaps, the pleasure of a drink or two, on a sad, wet afternoon, in the company of old friends, from the miserable thing that a drink had become in his life." McDermott goes on, deadly accurate: "The fruit salad was canned but served with a little scoop of lime sherbet, which was refreshing, everyone agreed...
...Covers Scoop the weekend's NFL action with TIME Daily's pair of pigskin prognosticators...
...mercy of the food. Order the Monkfish with Fennel Puree, Shallot Jus and Chanterelles ($16.95). The capers melt in your mouth, the fish is white and tender and the accompanying mashed potatoes are completely integrated into the whole eating experience. Some restaurants slap down an ice-cream scoop dollop of mushy tuber that screams, "Here, you want starch, you got starch!" Not this place. Here even potatoes are treated as the god of all side dishes and are served with panache...
...shares. At the bottom the screens simply failed to function, and nobody really knew where anything was, but we all knew that something had changed, something for the better, and it felt as lasting as you can get in this nanosecond trading world. I was able to scoop up some Dell Computer at 79 at 10 a.m. and flip it at 89 by 2:30. Same with Chevron and Microsoft. By 2:45 it was an upside panic. In fact, Intel triggered a frantic wave of buying simply by not denying a rumor, reported on CNBC, that it was about...