Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Starr's problem is that their stories had been converging for a week. What Lewinsky said in her affidavit, what Jordan said in his testimony, what Clinton swore in his deposition--the general shape of their narrative is the same: Lewinsky and Clinton had shared something less than sex but something more than a handshake; Jordan helped her get a job but not at the President's behest; there were gifts exchanged and visits made, but Currie was always somehow involved. "His complete denial a month ago looks now like the right approach," says a White House insider...
...better to mark TIME's 75th Anniversary than by celebrating the leaders who have shaped this century and whose legacies will help shape the next? At a party last week in New York City, we asked some of TIME's cover subjects to talk about the people who had most influenced them. These speakers included President Clinton, author Toni Morrison, director Steven Spielberg, actress Mary Tyler Moore, statesman Mikhail Gorbachev, scientist James Watson and entrepreneur Bill Gates. Other notables toasted their heroes, including some of the 84 cover subjects who attended (for a list, see page...
...feelings and thoughts that have arisen on campus due to the Elster case and The Crimson's anonymous op-ed have the power to change the way women are viewed and view themselves on campus. Women can either shape that view or stand by as someone else shapes it for them...
...fairness, Harvard is in good shape entering this weekend's games. The Crimson finds itself in a three-way tie for eighth with Vermont and Dartmouth and a full three points ahead of 11th place St. Lawrence. The Crimson can only miss out on the playoffs if it manages only one or no points this weekend, and St. Lawrence sweeps its own games, which is at best highly unlikely...
...growth of the proposition system has been fueled by its successes, most notably Proposition 13, the 1978 measure that restructured California's property taxes, and dramatically changed the shape of the suburbs and the funding for public education. Perhaps one of the most important pieces of citizen-led legislation ever, Prop. 13 was followed by similar reforms in many other states and altered the status of public schools throughout the country. No matter what its political ramifications, Prop. 13 was a success as an initiative, a proposal that garnered true grass-roots support and quickly became...