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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over their paychecks. I proceeded to employ a tactic whereby I doubled my bet every time that I lost a hand. This approach is derisively known as "chasing a loss," and based on the structure of the casino's betting limits, it is statistically guaranteed to bankrupt the player--unless that player is extraordinarily lucky. And lucky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confessions of a Gambling Addict | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...review process to haveoffices, adjunct professorships and PrincipalInvestigator (PI) status on grants. This isstandard at most institutions in the country," shesays. "At the moment, though, there are no optionsat all for faculty spouses. Either both must beaccept for tenure, both must leave the University,or one must leave academia, unless one can find ajob in another university in the Boston area...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Couples Balance Career, Family | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Is a Battle --Hillary Clinton | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

That was a little disingenuous, since Lewinsky left the White House staff nearly two years ago for a job at the Pentagon. Ginsburg also made light of the "souvenir shop" gifts that Lewinsky received from Clinton--no dress, "unless you consider a long T shirt a dress." And as for the alleged 'DNA dress,' " he added, "I have said for two weeks now that I have investigated that very carefully because I think it's a very important potential piece of evidence. I'm not aware that any such dress exists." The next day he announced he and Lewinsky would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Is a Battle --Hillary Clinton | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

...counseling services of his closest friends. Meanwhile, who pays attention to all the other, harder-working and no doubt more productive interns whose hair is short and necklines are high? The feminist idea, as I understood it, was that we go to work to get a job done, and unless that job is lap dancing, it's an insult to be judged by one's body parts and willingness to share them with others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week Feminists Got Laryngitis | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

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