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Perhaps now that the grand inquisitor himself has been dethroned, we can all return to the real issues this country needs to address: poverty, education, the economy. Hopefully, Gingrich's failure will be a lesson to all. ALIDAD VAKILI San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 7, 1998 | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...witness remained polite throughout, never once leaping over the table, grabbing an inquisitor by his ears and screaming, "Hey, flannel mouth--does the phrase 'posturing hypocrite windbag' ring a bell?" Indeed, I sometimes fantasize about being subpoenaed to such a hearing, just for the chance to hit back. I've got my answers ready: "Excuse me, sir; did you develop your devotion to morality before or after you left your second wife for that podiatrist's assistant?" "Senator, when you ask about a cover-up, are you referring to that pathetically unconvincing toupee?" "I'll make you an offer, Congressman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Respect, You Moron... | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...even from the right wing last week when Hyde announced a streamlined hearings schedule with just one major witness: independent counsel Kenneth Starr, on Nov. 19. That's what the Democrats had wished for, though they too may want to be careful: Starr might come across as the arrogant inquisitor many Democrats view him as, but then again, he might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Engineer, Stop This Train | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: As usual, Bill Clinton had read the polls: Americans tolerate him and hate his inquisitor; they want him focused on the job they hired him to carry out; and gosh, if Hillary can stand the sight of him, well, then they can too. So with narrowed eyes and emotions as constrained as a robot's, he gave the pollsters what they wanted. Did he satisfy his constituents? That won't be known for days, until the last sentence of his 4-minute-and-10-second monologue is gleaned and parsed; until the spin cycle concludes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So This Is the Truth | 8/18/1998 | See Source »

Blumenthal called Starr's inquiry the "apocalyptic assault of a zealot." Characterizing Starr as an "inquisitor of unlimited, unchecked power," he cited Starr's "ideological and financial" ties to conservatives as driving motivation for an "attempt to destroy this presidency...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Aide Defends Clinton at ARCO | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

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