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...Packers vs. Patriots, 1997 Super Bowl: Marshfield, Mass., Mayor Francis put up a mug, book, lobsters and piece of a tree from the Daniel Webster estate. Marshfield, Wis., Mayor Daniels offered sawdust, mugs, bratwurst, 13 cow pies...
Starr believes that Jordan and other Clinton pals steered some $540,000 in consultant contracts to former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell in exchange for his silence about an Arkansas land deal Starr was investigating. Starr saw the same pattern in Jordan's attempts to steer Lewinsky into a job. But Hubbell is barely mentioned in Starr's report. The independent counsel repeats the Hubbell allegation but does not explore it, or any other aspect of Whitewater. (Starr says he has not decided "what steps to take, if any," in referring any other matters to Congress.) The report is also...
...hear Lynch loud and clear, and have made a study of what value looks like: cyclical stocks trading at only 7.5 times their expected 1999 earnings; institutions like Staten Island Bank and Webster Financial of Connecticut selling near book value; broken initial public offerings (like Keebler, or Waddell and Reed Financial), which have exciting prospects a year...
...point Jordan said he asked Clinton whether the allegations were true; Clinton said no. Jordan told the press that he gave Clinton regular updates about the job search's progress. Jordan's job search on Lewinsky's behalf echoed one he conducted for former Justice Department official Webster Hubbell...
...scene in Montreal in late July included lots of late-night shots of whiskey, 100 comics being ignored by the public while Emmanuel Lewis (TV's Webster) signed autographs and veteran dork-for-hire comic Kevin Meaney dropped his fake high voice to brag about a development meeting. The business of comedy was summed up by festival standout Mitch Hedberg, who was introduced as a comedian "seen on David Letterman." He said, "Four million people watch that show, and I don't know where the hell they are. I believe more people have seen me at the store. Which would...