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...impeachment of Clinton teach children exactly the wrong lesson: that other people's deepest secrets can be plundered for political gain. Clinton is weak, not evil. He violated the Commandments, not the Constitution, and should be solemnly censured for it. In this season of Christmas, perhaps some Wise Men will appear in the Senate. One will do. If he comes, he could be next year's Man of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Clinton In Us All | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...commentary. (Or, "Values, shmalues," as America's leading value peddler, William Bennett, summarized the apparent new culture consensus to the New York Times recently.) Social conservatives used to be smug populists who tarred their critics as out-of-touch elitists. Now they shoot furious thunderbolts at the formerly all-wise American people. Although the dismay of the sanctimony set is enjoyable to watch, their despair may be somewhat misplaced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outrage That Wasn't | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...LIVE FLESH It could be a 1940s Hollywood melodrama or an 1840s French farce, but Pedro Almodovar's gaudy thriller is as modern as Monica. His characters hurl themselves off fate's precipice to find love, lust, deliverance. A wise woman tells her beau that "making love involves two people." That's right: delirious director, dazzled viewer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Best of 1998 Cinema | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...have nothing but great things to say", said John Tolsma, a proctor in Canaday. "Eleanor was a wise counsel. It's a great loss to the Yard...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Asst. Dean of Freshmen Sparagana Resigns | 12/17/1998 | See Source »

...windows relate to each other color-wise and feeling-wise," Emerson says, noting the reds, greens and gold echoed throughout the displays, but adds that each window has unique features...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TheFINE ART WINDOW DECORATION | 12/16/1998 | See Source »

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