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...with a well-deserved reputation for bungling," says Quinn-Judge. "The Duma is unlikely to approve Stepashin, and that sets the stage for another period of prolonged political paralysis in Russia." One Yeltsin objective may, however backfire: The ailing president had hoped that by firing Primakov he could undercut the prime minister's presidential aspirations in the 2000 election; but Yeltsin's approval ratings are so low that he may have only succeeded in boosting Primakov's chances...
...been able to find any evidence that Lee spied for China. But if he is ever charged, his lawyers (who aren't commenting for the record) could be expected to argue that the case has been undercut by his wife's part-time work on the FBI's behalf...
When the trial opens May 3, the cast of possible witnesses will recall the Year of Monica: Willey is likely to be Starr's star witness; Tripp may be called to undercut Willey; and Steele's lawyer Nancy Luque wants to compel an appearance by Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff. In the meantime, the former $60,000-a-year communications consultant is hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and fears losing her house in a few months. Starr, for his part, went on Larry King's show last week and complained that the worst thing about his job is that...
...secretary Bill Richardson fired him last month. So far, the FBI has not been able to find any evidence that Lee spied for China. But if he is ever charged, his lawyers (who aren't commenting for the record) could be expected to argue that the case has been undercut by his wife's part-time work on the FBI's behalf...
...advertised but most pleasurable events was a free concert in the Dunster Library on April 8, given by the Van Swieten Quartet, who are in residence at the Longy School. They played rarely-heard early Beethoven (the Op. 18 String Quartet in C minor) with a musicality that was undercut somewhat by the lack of humidity, a condition to which the group's rare, expensive instruments are sensitive. Still, they kept some monstrous repeats from being boring, choosing unpredictable phrasings and doing an unforgettable job of blending, without becoming indistinct especially the harder-to-hear viola (Joan Ellersick). The tempi...