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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Upon hearing the news, President Clinton banged a drum to an uneven beat, and strummed a guitar that he cannot play, and chewed a cigar that his wife will not let him smoke. Paula Jones' response was even more typical of the person she is: she wept, we are told, and then announced to reporters gathered at her condo, "I want to go work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Paula Has Taught Us | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...mantis: I do it in slow motion. When her tiny, beautiful head touches the mattress, her eyes fly open and tears well up in them. She cries, she keens, she wails and howls. She has no middle range; she is louder than anyone else whom I know personally. She cannot be ignored. And so I sling the spit rag over my shoulder and resume walking the floor, a foot soldier in the old campaign, exhausted, milk stained, borderline paranoid, poorly informed, a man nobody would ever hire to look after a six-week-old infant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O Baby, Baby | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...women other than his wife. Although he is a public figure, the man has a right to privacy. I am more concerned about whether Clinton asked Lewinsky to commit perjury. If he did, then he is lacking in integrity and honesty. That makes him a person the American people cannot trust. But if all he is guilty of is a libido in overdrive, let's leave him in peace! FARHANA SHARMEEN Dhaka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...Nino, because it influences the climate of the whole earth and enforces natural extremes, droughts as well as floods. Temperature differences increase, and that causes more and heavier storms and other natural catastrophes. You have to pay attention to all the connections in climate because everything is related. You cannot separate one phenomenon from the climate as a whole. THOMAS FEHER and BENJAMIN GREIFF Dresden, Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...rest of Asia. We have seen Asian currencies dip every time he speaks of maintaining his anachronistic economic policies. The Indonesian economy is at the crisis stage, and international cooperation is crucial. Although President Suharto may be able to turn a blind eye to his people's demands, he cannot escape global economic realities. KOSHIRO YAMAOKA Bangkok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 13, 1998 | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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