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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first is part of the overwhelming uphill battle Moore must fight to prove his innocence, as she is not convinced of his claim and tells him that a guilty plea will yield more leniency. The way that she eventually becomes convinced of Moore's story and becomes a staunch ally and hard-fighting friend on his side is genuinely touching...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Surprise, Kids! Injustice in China | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...hear? Staunch Gore-hunter Fred Thompson is dropping his investigation ? and going over to the Democrats. "They held my eyelids open with clips," a monotone Thompson told reporters. "That classical music from C-SPAN was blaring out of two large speakers. And I watched the coffee tapes. All 100 hours, start to finish." Thompson went on to explain that he saw nothing untoward on any of the tapes, and that he was prepared to join the current White House occupants in their fund-raising efforts should Al Gore make his expected run for the nation's highest office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Couch Potato: In the News | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

Robert K. Dornan, the feisty presidential hopeful and former member of Congress known as much for his charisma as his staunch conservatism, spoke at the Harvard Law School Forum yesterday evening to an audience of about 60 people...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Presidential Hopeful, Former Member of Congress Speaks at Law School | 10/16/1997 | See Source »

...main problem for Clinton--and Gore, the staunch environmentalist who wants to be President--is that any effective option will probably reach directly into the pocketbooks of American voters. That's because the big steps it will take to slow the rate of warming require that the White House find ways either to discourage fuel use or to encourage greater use of environmentally friendly technology. The first can mean higher energy taxes; the second can mean more expensive machinery, although some experts argue that the switch doesn't have to cost a lot more. Last month the Department of Energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FORECAST: HEAT WAVE | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

Rudolph W. Giuliani, the 107th mayor of New York City, was greeted by a calm student protest, a few staunch supporters, and hundreds of interested listeners when he arrived at the Kennedy School of Government's ARCO Forum last night to speak on "The New Urban Agenda...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Protestors Meet Giuliani at ARCO Forum | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

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