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...that same subject," she said. Yesterday, Mrs. Clinton told congressional investigators in a written response that she doesn't remember discussing the travel office firings with Watkins and that she played no part in the dismissals. The travel office staff was fired soon after the Clinton's arrived and wa quickly replaced by employees from a travel agency in Little Rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Counsel Expands Whitewater Investigation | 3/22/1996 | See Source »

...terrorist hunters were feeling fairly satisfied with themselves. On Saturday, Aug. 19, after a 10-day chase, Palestinian security forces in the Gaza Strip finally cornered and trapped Wa'el Nassar, a member of the radical Islamist group Hamas, who they suspected was planning a suicide bombing in Israel. Later that night, the Israelis captured 10 members of a Hamas cell in the West Bank, including, they believed, the mastermind of a bus bombing in the city of Ramat Gan on July 24. The sweep also led to the seizure of three ready-to-go bombs, a car fixed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEATH ENDS ITS HOLIDAY | 9/4/1995 | See Source »

...after the fact, it is clear that Hendrix is still the master of pure sound on the electric guitar. His solo improvisations are not based so much on notes as they are on the quality of the tone produced by his instrument, which changes from a shrill and piercing wa-wa to a low, fat growl...

Author: By Eric D. Plaks, | Title: Re-enter the Bastard Son of Jimi Hendrix Albums | 4/13/1995 | See Source »

When Bush bought a new Boston whaler for the Maine summers, he held a naming contest and executed some grandfatherly diplomacy by giving almost every entry some award, ending with two names that were painted on the boat: Speedy Sea King and Wa-Wa's Devil, which is Bush family code for their housekeeper, Paula Rendon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Grandfather in Chief | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...Church, with clean, inventive basslines and clipped single- or double-note guitar riffs, leading into fuzz guitar noodles. Several tracks include piano comping figures, while on others guitars replace them with pianostyle riffs. Occasionally a cello surfaces in the mix. Solos come only from the guitars, sometimes with a wa-wa effect, other times with clean, predictable fuzz-tinged chordal runs...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: Boy Meets Girl, Again | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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