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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's Jack, the prototypical World War II vet who's got a metal plate in his head, and Elaine, who got so wrapped up in the slot machines that she forgot to visit her kids on Christmas. And of course there's Ida, an aging widow who wears her finest gown and all of her jewelry to come play cards. Twice a month, I took my place among this vulgar spectacle to try my luck at Seven Card Stud or Texas Hold'em. My first few visits were far from pretty; not just a slow bleed of cash, more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confessions of a Gambling Addict | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...consulted to clear his conscience actually say about oral intimacy? Not surprisingly, nothing. Nothing specific. But if one reads between the lines, the news is not good for the President. It's terrible. In Genesis 38: 8-10, God commands a man named Onan to marry his brother's widow. Reluctant to impregnate her, Onan commits coitus interruptus, spilling his seed on the ground. How does God deal with Onan's seminal wastefulness? "And the thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: When Sex Is Not Really Having Sex | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...Willey on her loss, which the media deemed unlikely in light of the assertion by Tripp and at least one other acquaintance that the job interview took place before Willey learned--a day after the suicide--of her husband's death. In early January, after resisting for months, the widow finally capitulated to the Jones camp's subpoena and (as reported by the Washington Post) testified under oath that Clinton had kissed and groped her, saying, "I've always wanted to do that." According to ABC News, she described Clinton's attentions as unwanted, although a Willey acquaintance, agreeing with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: Sparking The Scandal | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...press conference. "The American people want answers to these questions and the President wants to be able to give them," media maestro Mike McCurry told the assembled hordes. With subpoenas being issued for his secretary Betty Currie and his confidant Vernon Jordan, not to mention Larry Lawrence's widow, Clinton desperately needs to get a grip on the public's perception ? before the "I" word passes too many lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anger at Lewinsky 'Squeeze' | 1/23/1998 | See Source »

...next 4 1/2 hours they tried to resolve the dispute while the prosecutors, along with everyone else in the courtroom, could only sit and wait. Some victims introduced themselves to one another. FBI chaplain Mark O'Sullivan, who had been counseling the mother, widow and children of Unabomber victim Gilbert Murray, said the family was "extremely disappointed" in the delay. "This has been an arduous process," he said. "They believed today this would finally be getting started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Fits And Starts | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

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