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DENVER: Although Denver businesswoman Carole Ward must have experienced immense satisfaction, she had to know she'd pay a price for telling off IRS agent Paula Dzierzanowski during a 1993 dispute over $324,000 in unpaid income taxes. "Honey, from what I can see of your accounting skills, the country would be better served if you were dishing up chicken-fried steak on some interstate in west Texas, with all the clunky jewelry and big hair," Ward said in the heat of negotiations. Retaliation from the feds was swift and sure: Within weeks, IRS agents posted notices that led locals...
...afterleaving office, Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton gave videotaped testimony while serving. President Clinton did so in 1996, answering a Whitewater subpoena. In the present case, the Court gave Clinton at least one escape route: the justices gave the federal judge the authority to delay a trial in the Paula Jones matter if it interferes with the President?s official duties. Text of Paula Jones' Complaint
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In the most important decision regarding Presidential privilege since Richard Nixon was ordered to hand over the Watergate tapes, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Paula Jones can immediately pursue her sexual harassment case against President Clinton. Arguing that the Constitution protects sitting Presidents from having to answer civil lawsuits, the White House had sought to have the suit delayed until after he leaves office in 2001. Lawyers for Jones, a former Arkansas state employee who alleges that then- Governor Clinton exposed himself and propositioned her in an Arkansas hotel room in 1991, told reporters they plan...
...most exciting musical events is the Lilith Fair. Started by singer Sarah McLachlan, it features only female performers. Last year Lilith had what McLachlan calls "a test run"--four dates. Starting July 5, it will include more than 35 shows, with such acts as Jewel, Paula Cole and Tracy Chapman, all of whom have agreed to play as many dates as their schedules permit. McLachlan hopes Lilith will become an annual event...
...until May 9, but on Saturday TIME obtained one of the first copies to reach stores.) Which Simpson principals haven't we heard from yet? Only Denise Brown and, perish the thought, Simpson's children, when they come of age. Currently competing for last place is former O.J. girlfriend Paula Barbieri, who only last January signed a reported $3 million deal. While the public's appetite for books on the case has been ravenous beyond publishers' dreams, Viking must be a little concerned that the end is nigh. Two months ago, the publisher announced that it was halving its planned...