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...looked for a while as though Starr finally had his silver bullet. Lewinsky and Clinton, after all, had denied the affair under oath; the Tripp tapes allowed Starr to threaten Lewinsky with prosecution for perjury unless she would help him expose the President's cover-up. But day after day, well into last week, the immunity talks went nowhere. On Monday, Lewinsky's lawyer William Ginsburg offered what he called a "complete proffer," in which he provided a detailed account of what she would say in exchange for a full grant of immunity. But by Thursday he announced that...
...Clearly the move was intended to plug the daily leaks that threaten to wash the President out of office. Indeed, the morning news cycle was dominated by an account of a potentially damaging statement that Clinton secretary Betty Currie gave to Starr's investigators. The story was broken by the New York Times and attributed to those ubiquitous "lawyers familiar with the investigation." For the President, the report added unwanted drama to a morning press conference with his new best friend, British prime minister Tony Blair. "I never asked anybody to do anything but tell the truth," he said, adding...
...think the Monica Lewinsky crisis iswhat might threaten the presidency," he said. "Ithink what hurts [Clinton's] legacy most is thathe has presided over good times and has not seen agreat crisis...
...Bahrain - If Iraq can threaten Saudi oil fields, it can do the same to those in this tiny Persian Gulf sheikdom. It also serves as home to the U.S. 5th Fleet...
...growing popularity of non-competitive groups does not seem to threaten the a capella establishment...