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...about Clinton's personal life into print. Former Spectator writer David Brock, who says he accepted $5,000 from Smith for an earlier abortive book project, claims that while he was working on the article he sought to ensure that Smith would not pay the troopers because it would taint their credibility. Smith now admits that three months after the story ran, he paid each of them $6,700, which he says was for income they lost when they came forward...
...revolution had been merely the 53rd anti-Colombian insurrection in as many years, but he was less successful in arguing that it was accomplished within the bounds of international law. "Oh, Mr. President," his Attorney General Philander Knox sighed, "do not let so great an achievement suffer from any taint of legality...
...there is the whole question of Juanita Broaddrick, a 51-year-old Arkansas nurse who denies under oath the Jones team's claim that Clinton raped her or ever made improper advances. Revealing her name, as Jones' lawyers did on Saturday, is "part of a continuing effort to taint the jury pool," according to Bennett. Wright's problem: In a hypersensitive case like this, any ruling she makes looks political. Her most likely solution: Endure this claim and counterclaim for another two months, and let the jury decide...
This is not Africa, people will tell you in Eritrea. What they mean is that the country is astonishingly free of the social plagues that taint much of the continent. There is no tribalism or sectarian division here. National pride supersedes loyalties to nine main ethnic groups, at least 10 languages, Islam and Christianity, in part the consequence of the rebels' insistence on mixing everyone together in its army units and now in national-service teams...
...version of The Bacchae closes at the Agassiz Theatre, a grandiose production of the same play bursts onto the Loeb Main Stage. As the entire theater community, from performers to playgoers, watches with anticipation and some trepidation, one question still looms on everyone's mind: will the last production taint the response to this show, or will this one overshadow the memories of the last...