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...incumbents know they're there because they used the money system better than their opponents did," says TIME deputy Washington bureau chief Jef McAllister. "Why would they want to scrap it?" Your turn, voters...
Warning: the following is a hypothesis based on a scrap of hearsay occurring within an allegation, and if one finds it wacko, so be it. But it seems to me that something is painfully true at the heart of the leaked White House claim, quickly denied, that there was an "emotional bond" between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. This is not to say that there was no sexual relationship, or that the phrase was not a concoction to get him off the hook, or that he ought to be off the hook...
Rather, Union likes to play a physical style and try to wear teams down with punishing checks. They take a workman's attitude into each game and try to scrap together wins...
Sensational political scandals, for all their variety, have long enjoyed a certain predictability. The first period in the life of a scandal is marked by intense media hyperactivity. Any scrap of information, any grainy photograph and any marginal character with the slightest connection to the scandal suddenly become newsworthy and important...
...Spanish friars in the 18th century, it has evolved into a complacent retirement community where Latinos, a third of the population, work mostly in low-wage jobs, waiting tables and tending lawns. They rarely challenge the Anglo establishment. But last week, as the school board was preparing to scrap the city's 25-year-old bilingual-education program, 400 Latino families called a three-day strike, boycotting schools and setting up an alternative academy in a community center. At a boisterous public hearing, Rogelio Trujillo, 55, a burly Mexican-born gardener, argued for instruction in Spanish as a matter...