Word: starrs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...KENNETH STARR For 59 Against...
...President may well go on exploiting the power of his position until he engineers his own downfall. It is characteristic of his psychological state that Clinton has shifted a large part of the blame to the special prosecutor instead of squarely shouldering responsibility for his actions. Someone with Starr's tenacity was needed to bring the truth to light. Whether or not we like Starr personally is beside the point. He is only the messenger, bearing news that none of us wants to hear. JANET O. DALLETT Port Townsend, Wash...
...Starr turned over rock after slimy rock. No roaches like the ones we met in Watergate or Irangate scurried out. But he did find a weevil of a sexual indiscretion. With the impatience of a Kurosawa, he shouted to his minions to roll the camera. He zoomed in on the weevil; it turned into a Godzilla; and he unveiled it to the public. The production cost was dizzying millions if you account for the man-hours lost in looking at the weevil morphed into a monster. NARAYAN RAMACHNADER Chennai, India...
...does the press keep calling Kenneth W. Starr the independent counsel [SPECIAL REPORT, Sept. 28]? He may be restless, boundless and vindictive, but he is definitely not independent. Starr's efforts should not be rewarded by Clinton's resignation or impeachment. ALEXANDRE A. ROCHA Brasilia
What weighs more than the Starr Report's measly 6-plus lbs.? If you can answer that question (hint: 3,600 readers responded to our SEPT. 21 coverage of Starr's findings), you're ready for further grilling. By way of study materials, the Letters column has already offered up digests of more than 14,000 opinions we've received on the characters in the drama as well as thematic briefs on all the scandal's subplots. You know what sex is, and it's our bet you know what "is" is. But can you second-guess what...