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...minutes later, she returned to the Oval Office area with pizza and told Ms. Currie that the President had requested it. Ms. Lewinsky testified: "[Ms. Currie] opened the door and said, 'Sir, the girl's here with the pizza.' He told me to come in. Ms. Currie went back into her office and then we went into the back study area again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill & Monica: The Intern Serves the Pizza | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...might be obscure sequels to Oliver Stone's Nixon biopic. But theater lovers know them as showcases for definitive roles--the stunted man of thought, the malefic man of action--played by Ian McKellen, the prime Shakespearean actor of our time. Now, with leading roles in two ambitious thrillers, Sir Ian, 59, must face the inconvenience of movie stardom. In Gods and Monsters, he is James Whale, the director of Frankenstein, who in his last days seeks a young man to ease his roiling soul. In the Stephen King tale Apt Pupil, he plays an aged Nazi, living incognito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Preview: Autumn Ascendant | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...watch the "sport" of curling? Or maybe hockey--where all but the few truly terrible teams somehow make the playoffs? Granted the sport of baseball has changed over the years, and not always for the better, but to condemn it across the board is ridiculous. Please, sir, leave my national pastime to me, and I'll leave yours to you. MITCHEL W. GILREATH Lewiston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 7, 1998 | 9/7/1998 | See Source »

...Washington can only showcase its resolve through the perseverance of its investigation and the confidence of those in charge of it. When Clinton asked him if the FBI would be successful, Thomas Pickard, assistant director in charge of the criminal investigative division, said, "I told him, 'Yes, sir!'" U.S. citizens at home and abroad--and even more, the Kenyans caught so senselessly in the crossfire from America's secret enemies--can only pray he's eventually right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sifting For Answers | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...WINNER] Sir Isaac Newton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jul. 27, 1998 | 7/27/1998 | See Source »

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