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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through the door." This fabricated scenario is physically impossible because the door was initially locked and then opened for us remotely. Barnicle also states that "in the lobby, the floor was being waxed. It was a tad bit slippery, and nobody wanted these future leaders to fall down and whack their noggins." Wrong again. The floor was being sanded and refinished, but not waxed; it was not at all slippery, and there was no danger of anyone slipping and falling...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Scrape Off That Barnicle | 10/16/1996 | See Source »

...bigger debate was whether what Saddam had done warranted Washington's response. "A Western whack on an Arab state, however unsavory, causes twitchiness," says an official in Kuwait, "and if the reason is not immediately apparent, the twitchiness increases." To calm the twitch, Perry spent three days in five Arab and Middle Eastern capitals. Perry's argument, according to a Western official in Kuwait: "Saddam showed his capacity to do reasonably complicated military operations effectively in a short time, and if he got away with such actions in the north, he would be emboldened to try the same where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AGONY OF VICTORY | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...under the NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR), would remain in Bosnia for one year. Americans are not particularly attentive to the complexities of foreign affairs, but voters would certainly notice if the timing of withdrawal unraveled. And it would hand Bob Dole and the Republicans a "quagmire" stick to whack Clinton with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TALLYING THE HATE | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

...alike said he made $500,000 last year. It occurred to me that Archie probably hadn't pulled down that kind of money being George Bush. Then it occurred to me that Bill Clinton doesn't pull down that kind of money being Bill Clinton. Is something out of whack here, or is this just the unfettered operation of a free market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION WISDOM | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...word: parameters. It is a word he uses more than half a dozen times within the course of the two-hour HBO movie Gotti, debuting on the cable network Aug. 17 (9 p.m. EDT). In fact, he says it more often--and with more fierce passion--than he does whack or clip or even scungilli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: HOODS HAVE FEELINGS TOO | 8/19/1996 | See Source »

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