Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that he picked up the phone that afternoon and called one of his few friends in the House, Californian Vic Fazio, to tell him he was planning to testify and to find out whether his support was slipping. Meanwhile, all four of Clinton's top political aides were speed-dialing the Hill, sending and seeking reassurance. "They're calling around and telling members that the President's had a great week," said one House Democratic leadership staff member. "The problem is, those guys don't know anything. I'll believe it when David Kendall calls me and tells me everything...
...verdict, according to a trio of reports in the current issue of Nature: yes and yes. Not only have Dolly's pedigree and her immaculate conception been established beyond all reasonable doubt, but she has been joined by litter upon litter of perfectly cloned mice. Cloning has, with a speed no one anticipated, been transformed from an astonishing technical tour de force into what seems almost a mundane laboratory procedure...
...former French marine was quoted on Sunday as saying his high-speed driving might have been a major factor in the car crash that killed Princess Diana and two others last year. François Levistre, 54, told Britain's Sunday People newspaper (no relation to PEOPLE magazine): "Thinking about it carefully, I now understand how I could have helped cause the crash. I was close behind the car, as much as 10 meters, and my driving may have caused it to swerve and lose control." Levistre, a truck driver by profession, said that last Aug. 31 he was speeding...
...short, compact, hip-driven swing look like a shot put. Griffey's swing is the learned, refined movement of someone who grew up in major league dugouts. "Junior's never lifted a weight that I can remember," his father says. His power, instead, is generated in his blinding bat speed, which Senior estimates to be as high as 110 m.p.h...
Sony's FunMail seemed like a better approach. The PCI card would improve the video quality and speed the download time. Imagining how thrilled my wife would be when she got video mail of me singing Seltzer Boy, I opened up the PC and got the card in with minimal fuss...