Word: vendettas
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...Will Men Ever Stop?": Besides the blatant sexism that has everything to do with a personal vendetta and nothing to do with constructive argument, Jenny Heller mounts an attack upon strip clubs. Urinate upon an altar, torture puppies, but for God's sake, do not attack the most sacred institution known to man! Strip clubs are both a great way to relax and enjoy fine company, as well as a way for Harvard males to escape the repressed, angry and sadistic man-hating that occurs with all too much frequency here. RUSSELL E. SCHMIDT...
...described how House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton, engaged in an ongoing vendetta, have been aching to set traps for each other to stumble into [NATION, Oct. 12]. I believe Clinton has inadvertently set a beauty. The impeachment process will proceed, and the Republicans, blinded by their vitriol against Clinton, will gallop full tilt into an election in which the majority of the electorate are disgusted with their witch hunt. From my perspective, north of the border, I'm betting the Democrats will score a big win in the November midterm elections--a form of self-impeachment...
...slippery yet affecting performance was no accident. The President assumed the tape would be made public one day, so he played to the bleachers, not to the grand jury. Sources tell TIME that Clinton and his advisers had practiced a dozen set-pieces--short speeches about the ideological vendetta of the Paula Jones lawyers, appeals to Americans' sense of privacy and fair play--and that he treated the prosecutors like reporters at a press conference, ignoring their questions when it suited him, making sure to get his message out. "He just did it again," says one conservative House Democrat, marveling...
...twenty-something software developer living in the North End of Boston with his roommate, a fellow computer nerd. Reilly's character is completely underdeveloped, and the reader never understands why he makes his bad decisions without ever questioning them himself. For example, for the sake of a petty vendetta, Reilly puts himself, his roommate, his girlfriend and a slew of other characters in great physical danger by stealing the prize pooch of a local Mafioso. Reilly does not remotely consider the idea that he or his friends might be killed for their stupidity until they are forced to embark...
...pageantry in That Story favored the President, at least in public. The spectacle of independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr's putting the screws to Lewinsky's mother, followed by the subpoenas to Secret Service agents, helped consolidate the White House spin that Starr's investigation is a full-speed, partisan vendetta. But the White House and Starr's office both know that everything up to now is merely prelude to the one event that can change the entire dynamic of the scandal: Lewinsky's grand-jury testimony, which could happen as early as this week...