Word: concealed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton spent last winter helping Lewinsky find a job, return gifts he had given her and prepare for her testimony in the Jones case. Clinton's lawyers maintain that in each case these were innocent activities. But Starr's report argues that with each effort, Clinton was working to conceal the affair from lawyers in the Jones case and thereby derail their lawsuit, and then derail Starr's own investigation when it got under way in January...
Many types of excuses have gone through distinct stages of popularity in recent memory. In the arena of malfeasance, for a while, childhood abuse was the excuse du jour. Then O.J. Simpson helped reinvigorate racial disadvantage as a form of pardon. Now, as the president struggles to conceal his criminal culpability behind the right to privacy, a new excuse for the common man's ineptitude has been ensconced...
However, in both cases the ubiquitous promises of pleasure and satisfaction often conceal a substandard product. You must choose very carefully, and those shrieking monkeys stationed behind and on top of the tables at today's activities fair will be no help. As you make your way through the chaos, consider the following painful truths about Harvard's organizations...
...Harvard's various political parties. Join the Harvard Democrats and learn to conceal evidence, exploit legal technicalities and enjoy a fine cigar. Watch out for rug burns. Those leaning to the right can take their place with the Republican Club. If you enjoyed Fred Thompson's performance as Bill Bilecki in the classic motion picture "Feds," help make sure that this fine performer and patriotic American gets his due. Help elect him president...
...were "legally accurate," though he did not "volunteer information." He had a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was "not appropriate." His public comments and his silence gave "a false impression." He regrets this. He used the lawyerly locutions of one who is using words not to reveal but to conceal. He could not resist the self-indulgent--he was the victim of questions raised "in a politically inspired lawsuit which has since been dismissed." He meant to show conviction and instead revealed arrogance--"It's nobody's business but ours...