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...rebuttal to impeachment gonzo Representative Bob Barr--but was saving it for an appearance that evening on Crossfire. Blurting it out at the hearing, he said, "wouldn't be fair to the program." The Minority Counsel prepared an America's Funniest Home Videos clip consisting of Ken Starr saying over and over that he couldn't recall, remember or recollect...
Some teachers have risked greater confrontation. A Florida woman who teaches social studies to high school seniors is currently in a lawsuit against her school board, seeking the right to use without restrictions an even more contemporary book: The Starr Report. In Rhode Island last June eighth-grade English teacher Brian Cabral was verbally attacked by his principal over a vulgarity in Go Ask Alice, a 1971 novel dealing with drug addiction. The principal conceded he had not read the whole book, which tends to be the case in most book challenges, and Cabral was ultimately cleared in a committee...
...WORST The Starr report. O.K., news junkies lapped it up, and TV talking heads droned on about it, but the Starr report was a pretty pallid piece of work. Wimpish hero, insecure heroine, pizza, thong underwear, a cigar. What in the world has happened to romances...
...STARR APPEARANCE...
...presentation before the House Judiciary Committee [NATION, Nov. 30], independent counsel Kenneth Starr did not lose, as you said. He won! And his was an even greater victory than may be implied by the standing ovation he received from Republicans. Your report was a self-serving and condescending portrayal. Starr brought to the hearing room uprightness and integrity. Not too long ago, these virtues were common in our society. Today the masses regard them as a joke. JACK W. CARTER Elizabeth, Colo...