Word: virginia
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...choice in prospective employers, Kathleen Willey's story might have remained merely a small-bore American tragedy. For decades the vivacious, attractive former flight attendant enjoyed an enviable life. She was wed to an apparently successful real estate lawyer named Edward E. Willey Jr., the son of a powerful Virginia state legislator. The couple, who had two children, skied Vail, drove luxury cars and plied such Democratic social circles as befitted their connections and an occasional $10,000 campaign contribution. For some years, however, arguments over money had frayed the marriage, and on Nov. 28, 1993, everything fell to pieces...
...story was consistent with a tale told to Paula Jones' lawyer Joseph Cammarata by an anonymous caller claiming to be the object of Clinton's attentions. The caller may not have been Willey--in fact, sources close to Willey believe it was Tripp--but Cammarata eventually tracked the Virginia socialite down and subpoenaed...
Already a gossip, Tripp was now doubtless more attuned than ever to tattles she could tell. And she had a juicy one. In 1993 she had bumped into Kathleen Willey just as the Virginia socialite was emerging, rather bedraggled, from the alleged Oval Office grope session. Tripp told that tale to Newsweek last summer (see related story). And of course Tripp made another friend--Monica Lewinsky, who worked in the same Pentagon office. The more Tripp heard during their chats, the more it sounded to her that America had no idea how far Clinton could go, even after the Willey...
...That means the end of the monopoly of Network Solutions, the Virginia company with an exclusive contract on dot-coms (not to mention dot-orgs and dot-nets). The company's contract runs out at the end of March -- and though it?s expected to be extended for another six months, that is believed to be the last gasp of the domain-naming dinosaur...
Guinier was promptly attacked by right-wingers who alleged her writings, such as her Virginia Law Review article on cumulative voting. "No Two Seats: The Elusive Quest for Political Equality," supported racial quotas...