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...along this story has been less about crime than punishment. From the nails in Kathleen Willey's tires to the jokes about Linda Tripp's chins to the around-the-clock evisceration of Monica Lewinsky, the story has nourished a culture of cruelty that sacrifices empathy for entertainment. If Clinton has been more mercilessly ridiculed than past Presidents, we can excuse it as partly a response to his own decisions--beginning with his decision to run for office. But the other civilians caught up in the story never ran for anything. They may have done something foolish or wrong...
...They were very unprofessional." The Rogerses refused to let them test Rebecca's blood until last week, when their lawyer told them a judge would probably order the test anyway. Hospital officials deny they were insensitive to the Rogerses and say they provided the family access to around-the-clock counseling...
...haven't, the fear is that much greater. But not finding your soul mate on your first date is not going to kill you. Indeed, you might figure out that you can't stand a certain type of person. Better to know now, than when your biological or dating clock won't stop sounding the alarm...
...meeting began at 10:15; Cacheris looked at his watch and announced, "We're going to be on the 2 o'clock shuttle [back to Washington]," cracking everyone up. Eager to put Monica at ease, the lawyers had Hoffmann gently guide her through her story as though they were in court. The account was straightforward, dispassionate, designed to be impressive, a preview of what she would be like in the grand jury. That took about 35 minutes. Then Starr's three lawyers took turns asking questions. "It was a real dance," a Starr official said. "We were very concerned...
...worked. Thomas "has done more to turn back the clock of racial progress than has perhaps any other African-American public official," says A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., a retired federal judge (who is more qualified for the high court than Thomas). Thomas has voted against minority set-aside programs in federal contracting, against creating majority-black congressional districts and even questioned the logic of Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 landmark ruling that struck down segregated schools. It's the substance of those judicial opinions that offends Thomas' critics--not his complexion...