Word: spinnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal, held its breath. All week the legal and political pageantry in That Story favored the President, at least in public. The spectacle of independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr's putting the screws to Lewinsky's mother, followed by the subpoenas to Secret Service agents, helped consolidate the White House spin that Starr's investigation is a full-speed, partisan vendetta. But the White House and Starr's office both know that everything up to now is merely prelude to the one event that can change the entire dynamic of the scandal: Lewinsky's grand-jury testimony, which could happen...
...looking for a deal. At this point, some aides argue, Clinton has little more to lose; the damage to his reputation has been done, and if the jury rules against him, he can blame the poisonous atmosphere around Kenneth Starr's investigation. If he were to win, he could spin the victory into a vindication against all accusations against...
...President Clinton put a brave spin on the spectacle Thursday, telling reporters he thought it "a good old-fashioned American debate." His opponents begged to differ: "This is a matter of global security and international peace, and they turned it into the Oprah Winfrey show," complained Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio...
...Daily Spin "It was going to be difficult to overcome the shock value when the jury heard the words 'bubonic plague' and realized it was being sent through the mail." ?-Attorney George Luther in June 1997, on the 11th-hour decision of his client, anthrax attack suspect Larry Wayne Harris, to plead guilty to wire fraud...
...Daily Spin "Easiest job ever!!!" --A brochure for nuclear-waste-eating "California Red Superworms" sold by a New Mexico man, Thomas Huntington, for $500 per 4 lbs. Huntington, 51, was arrested for multiple counts of fraud after convincing would-be entrepreneurs they could strike it rich breeding the worms for sale to nuclear-waste facilities...