Word: hille
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Donham Professor of Business AdministrationLinda A. Hill, who recently became a member of theUniversity's honorary degree committee, said shefelt more affinity for the school than ever beforeon Friday afternoon...
...Honoring an African made my heart startbeating very, very quickly," Hill said...
...Clinton was having mixed success with his Cabinet, his stock was sinking even faster with his party on Capitol Hill. Clinton's official supporters, Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Dick Gephardt of Missouri, urged members to stay cool, but congressional aides were quick to acknowledge that their bosses were appalled by the President's behavior. Members were worried that they would be guilty by association--a chain the G.O.P. was beginning to forge in some ad campaigns in key districts. The widely cited Battleground poll released last week showed that Clinton's personal problems have elevated "moral and religious...
With resignation unlikely and impeachment still unappealing, some on Capitol Hill were thinking that something in the middle might be best. Censuring the President in a symbolic vote by both houses has all the music of compromise that lawmakers love: it sends the moral signal that Clinton's behavior was wrong and unacceptable, but it stops well short of running him off. Both Republicans and Democrats could take their pound of flesh just a few weeks before the election, but without lowering themselves to Starr's level. Under the circumstances, says a presidential adviser, they would gladly settle...
Other correspondents tapped their sources to gauge the response. Ann Blackman found that many Cabinet members "are deeply disgusted and disappointed that the issues they came to Washington to promote are fading into oblivion." John Dickerson returned from vacation to spend 14-hour days on Capitol Hill monitoring lawmakers' attitudes toward censure or impeachment. Michael Weisskopf pursued fresh leads arising out of Starr's investigation and spent time with people close to Clinton, "trying to get a sense of his mood...