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...political period, the IRS ruling would have been headline news, most ardently trumpeted by Gingrich and his allies. But "that was three scandals ago," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson, "and besides, Gingrich no longer holds power." Nevertheless, the IRS ruling will go a long way "to remove the taint of the ethics controversy and serve as a significant post-career vindication for him," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. Or it would, if anyone were paying attention...
...start-ups of Silicon Valley, where the specter of federal regulation is just as terrible as that of Microsoft. "This is more important than the antitrust case," says Mark Radcliffe, a Palo Alto, Calif., attorney for tech firms. "People are looking for something that doesn't have the taint of government intrusion, and this plays on their desire to let technology solve the problem...
...Program, a workshop for the children of divorce, which has aided more than 30,000 kids. "The overwhelming majority of children of divorce feel sad, confused, angry, guilty and conflicted," writes Neuman. "When these feelings are not expressed and dealt with in a healthy, productive way, they endure and taint children's views of themselves...
Tripp: The beauty of [the affair] is it has stayed internal, and it will never taint you down the road... I mean you will not suffer beyond the normal regret... That won't go anywhere else...
...Ranarridh, who had made cynical alliances with the Khmer Rouge; the Thai authorities who had until recently sheltered Pol Pot; and even perhaps to Bangkok's allies in Washington. The most striking feature of Pol Pot's legacy of evil, perhaps, was the extent to which it managed to taint friend and foe alike...