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...classic horseman's duster that was one of Peterman's hottest items when he started the business 12 years ago. Even if you look like Clint Eastwood, the duster is not advisable. Though we all like to dress up--and the baby boomers especially, for they sprang from the costume party of the '60s--you must beware lest some kid in the crowd may be laughing and pointing, not at the emperor's nakedness, but at your Peterman outfit...
That job fell to Dale Bumpers, the four-term, just-retired Arkansas Senator who would come to the chamber to play the coda. The idea for his appearance, in fact, sprang from the Senate floor. Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin was troubled by how the Republican managers were like next-door neighbors who knew how to talk across the fence--even to Democrats. At the defense table, however, sat a bunch of strangers...
Suddenly, the campaign-finance scandals seemed to have serious national-security implications. New investigative bodies sprang up in the House and Senate last week as legislators from both parties made grave pronouncements about the apparent security breach. But TIME's examination of the evidence suggests there may be less to the China connection than meets the eye. Investigative sources tell TIME there's no evidence that anyone in the White House knew Chung was funneling money from Chinese sources or that Chung ever lobbied anyone about the transfer of satellite-launch technology. Chung's lawyer, Brian Sun, insists Liu never...
...dined at first on a baby formula of cream mixed with mushed-up herring and vitamins--sort of a whale version of New England clam chowder--and later switched to bottom feeding on a diet of krill. She became an instant Sea World celebrity, and the p.r. apparatus sprang into gear; there were J.J. souvenirs, live J.J. images on Sea World's Website, even J.J. banners flying in front of Sea World...
...public opinion, because they've pulled and tugged and sampled and studied it like no other White House in history. "There was no panic," said an insider who watched the mobilization. "They just took a deep breath and said, 'Here we go again.'" In the morning the White House sprang its trap. By unleashing a packet of letters and phone records, gifts and invitations from Willey, it went a long way toward clouding her image as a woman mistreated by a rogue President. That evening lawyer Bob Bennett publicized her efforts to snag a fat book contract. Two days later...