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...witnesses know there are dangers in the forest, traps laid by ambition and expedience, predators whose survival instincts are far sharper than their own. And so how handy it was, after stumbling through eight weeks of leaked testimony and veiled answers, to come upon a road map that might get them all out of the woods: the most complete account yet of Bill Clinton's deposition about what did and did not occur between him and Paula Jones, and Gennifer Flowers, and four other women--and above all Monica Lewinsky. Now everyone around her and the President can steer more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will The Secretary Stick To The Script? | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

There must have been an extraordinary meeting that morning in his pine-paneled workroom, with his aides. If his blue eyes were sharper than April sky, and if he rubbed his hands with queer, excited jerks, that was only natural. Excitement makes him thrive and happy. Moreover he was about to compose his own words of destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1939-1948: WAR | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

Cambridge's falling crime rates reflect the national downward trend, but according to the report, Cambridge has seen a sharper drop in most types of crime than other cities of its size...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cambridge Police Report Crime Lowest in 35 Years | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

...LIES Look out, Lava Lamp. The Truth.Seeker ($149, Sharper Image) may steal the prize for the most far-out, or farfetched, desktop sculpture. Digital circuitry detects stress in a supplicant's voice, flashing red for prevarication, green for honesty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Nov. 17, 1997 | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...account was also heading for Fallon (which does work for TIME as well) in a stealth campaign launched by Philip Morris CEO Geoffrey Bible, whose company owns Miller. Bible had earlier warned Burnett's Fizdale that he was "lighting a blowtorch" under the agency to get it to create sharper and more youth-oriented ads for the flagging Lite brand. In the meantime, he also asked Fallon to work on Lite, in secrecy. In late December, Miller Brewing CEO Jack MacDonough paid a surprise visit to Fizdale with a Merry Christmas, you're fired. "We were blindsided," Fizdale says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MADNESS ON MADISON AVENUE | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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