Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they liked the idea of bringing on board someone who had been an independent counsel. Just before noon on Tuesday, she signed off on Stein and Cacheris. Borrowing a line from the movie Bulworth, Ginsburg insists that he's not out of the game altogether. "I will be a spirit, not a ghost, in these matters," he says. "I intend to speak out. Bill Ginsburg still represents fairness, justice, freedom and democracy." But from now on, he doesn't represent Monica Lewinsky. A whole new game is about to begin. --Reported by Viveca Novak, Karen Tumulty and Michael Weisskopf/Washington
This week we launch an updated version of the show as part of a new CNN programming lineup. The new name--NewsStand: CNN & TIME--captures what we hope will be the spirit of our show: fresh, smart and loaded with information on everything from world events to entertainment. The program, which will air Sundays and Mondays at 10 p.m. E.T., is part of a family of new CNN NewsStand shows that have their roots in Time Inc. magazines. The other two marriages combine CNN & FORTUNE (Wednesdays at 10 p.m. E.T.) and CNN & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Thursdays...
...crumbs dropped in Brill's magazine seem very serious, Starr maintains that he did nothing illegal, or even improper. However, if it can be shown that the independent counsel leaked grand jury evidence to reporters before it became grand jury evidence, that would be a serious breach of the spirit, if not the letter of the law. "I only wanted to talk to them about the timing," Starr said in the interview. No reporter with any direct contact has yet fingered Starr himself as the source in an admittedly leaky prosecutorial office -- except, of course, for Brill...
...century. But the estimable writer Gary Giddins discovered the birth certificate that proves Armstrong was born Aug. 4, 1901. He grew up at the bottom, hustling and hustling, trying to bring something home to eat, sometimes searching garbage cans for food that might still be suitable for supper. The spirit of Armstrong's world, however, was not dominated by the deprivation of poverty and the dangers of wild living...
...Muppets, on both Sesame Street and their own show, was that they were cuddly but not too cuddly, and not only cuddly. There are satire and sly wit; Bert and Ernie quarrel; Miss Piggy behaves unbecomingly; Kermit is sometimes exasperated. By adding just enough tartness to a sweet overall spirit, Henson purveyed a kind of innocence that was plausible for the modern imagination. His knowingness allowed us to accept his real gifts: wonder, delight, optimism...