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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: A contrite Kenneth Starr announced today that his stewardship of the Whitewater investigation would not, after all, end in August. "It has become clear that for the sake of continued public confidence in this investigation, it would be inappropriate to set any arbitrary date upon which to terminate my role as independent counsel," Starr said, reading from a prepared statement. "I made a mistake," he told reporters afterward. "Setting an arbitrary date was unwise and incorrect. . .an unwise judgment on my part." Starr's announcement Monday that he would be stepping down Aug. 1 to become dean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome Back, Starr | 2/21/1997 | See Source »

Restrictions on telephone speech date back almost as far as the invention of the telephone itself. In 1883, a New York District Court upheld a telephone company's rule prohibiting the use of "improper or vulgar" language on its lines. Apparently, a Mr. Pugh had used the word "damn" in a phone conversation, and his service was discontinued. Pugh challenged the company in court but the judge ruled against him: "The telephone," wrote the judge, "reaches into many family circles. It must be remembered that it is possible, from the peculiar arrangement of the instrument, to have a communication that...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: The Wild, Wild Internet | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

Committee co-chair Joseph A. Sena '99, who is a Crimson executive, explained his vote against polling, saying that some of the chosen acts could be unavailable for Springfest's April 26 date, or cost above the $9,000 price ceiling set by the council on Monday...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: U.C. Narrows Choices For Springfest Bands | 2/19/1997 | See Source »

Forget love. Formals, especially are a waste of time. They're nothing more than dressing all up to try and impress a date who can't even party because she has to get up early for lab the next morning. It's the grades that matter anyway. Don't worry about dating until you're out there working at McKinsey...

Author: By Christopher R. Mcfadden, | Title: The Harvard Dream | 2/18/1997 | See Source »

...punch of approximately one hundred women this fall ("I've never seen so many pants-suits," a punchee preferring not to be named relayed) and has a membership hovering around 25 women. Barenbaum informs me that it holds date events, non-date events and generally "gives women a chance to hang out socially." But beside the gender of its members and the matter of real estate (the Bee has no house), as far as she's concerned, it's "like any social club on campus...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Where the Girls Are | 2/18/1997 | See Source »

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