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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from Pennsylvania is trying to convince his colleagues that presidential punishment, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. Specter's plan: Wait until Bill Clinton leaves office in 2001, then prosecute him as a regular citizen for perjury and obstruction of justice -? presuming, of course, that Clinton's successor does not pardon him first. If the GOP can just cool its heels, Specter says, a jail sentence for the President is "a distinct possibility" -? as opposed to impeachment, which will "come to naught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unraveling of Impeachment | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...cuts, vilification of trial lawyers (who are responsible for exacerbating Y2K misery, we were told) and wild new ideas such as giving everyone their own Social Security investment account. The only sign that something had changed came when the outgoing Speaker endorsed, praised and bear-hugged his successor, Bob Livingston. Gingrich said he quit for the good of the party; his continued presence would be "an excuse for divisiveness and factionalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go, Newt, Go! | 11/10/1998 | See Source »

Wilson reassured one alum that gifts to Radcliffe would be used for their intended purpose, despite the form of Radcliffe's "successor institution...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Outreach Tour Comes to Familiar Territory | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...havoc on his family and the Jewish people, for while many things that happen after David's taking Bathsheba affect the King directly, the people are also impacted. The King abandons his subjects; he is otherwise occupied and cannot serve the national interest. It is David's son and successor, renowned for his keen mind, who is able to restore stability to the kingdom, which has been so badly shaken by David's careless and self-involved behavior...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Clinton's Biblical Precedent | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Hassan's 18th birthday, named him crown prince. Later Hussein had three more sons, all potential Kings, stirring speculation that the succession remained open. But speaking in August from the U.S., the King declared the matter closed, muting the rumors by again declaring that Hassan will be his successor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jordan: Stepping in for the ailing King is a prince politically similar but very different in style | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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