Word: trialing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fired last month as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, he didn't get mad. He started talking to 60 Minutes. That alarmed the A.M.A. even more than its original gripe with Lundberg--his decision to publish a study on oral sex just as the impeachment trial was starting--and the board quickly began negotiations to rehire...
Imminent defeat is liberating. Say you knew you were going to lose the Super Bowl, but you had to play the game anyway. Wouldn't you want a glitzy halftime show starring Monica? Some Republican Senators voted for witnesses to make sure the trial passed constitutional muster, on the theory that partisanship in defense of the Constitution is no vice. But many more believe Lewinsky Live is their last best hope of attracting the public's attention and changing its mind...
...called the technique "context," and it poked enough holes in the managers' tapestry for the 44 Democrats who already voted for dismissal to get a good night's sleep. (Isn't there a moral in the fact that, on several occasions, the two sides used the same clips?) His trial may still have a week to go, but the President -- whom 70 percent of Americans are eager to let off the hook -- already knows no moving van will come for him this year. On the Senate floor, closing arguments start Monday; off it, negotiations over censure are gaining momentum...
...Click to share your opinions on the impeachment trial...
...rule, I strongly believe that accountability means better government. In the exceptional case of a Senate impeachment trial, however, accountability doesn't accomplish the good that it normally does. The reason is simple: the fact that a public Senate vote will favor opinion in the small states unchecked by proportionally representative institutions means that an on-the-record vote may well produce a result inconsistent with national public opinion and the national interest...