Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...course, that prospect, however stirring, is not what has gathered this international press corps. The presence of the First Lady has not only attracted record-breaking campaign contributions from across the country, but it has also ratcheted up an unprecedented level of curiosity in a race that would normally be of interest to New Yorkers and a few Beltway types. And tonight both candidates have clear directives...
...Clinton, who may as well incorporate "carpetbagger" into her legal name, needs to convince voters and the press that she has a compelling stake in the future of New York State. It's an unenviable task, made even more difficult by the fact that Clinton has lived here less than a year, has no children in the public school system, and looks really bad in a Yankees...
...words "President Clinton" and "sexual harassment" at the top of your lawsuit and what do you get? Half a dozen TV cameras and a gaggle of national reporters to cover your press conference...
...White House says it won't comment until it gets a look at the suit, adding that it takes such allegations seriously. But at Wednesday morning's press conference, McCulloch, 53, admitted she'd never spoken to Clinton - or to Hillary, with whom she consulted regularly about White House menus - about her supervisor's behavior. The Clintons' apparent lack of direct involvement makes the story less juicy, but the suit did have some dishy details about life in the West Wing kitchen: Once, claims McCulloch, after spurning yet another advance, she was ordered to peel eight crates of kiwi fruit...
...Wednesday night, U.S. Senate candidates Rick Lazio and Hillary Clinton bared their teeth at each other in Buffalo, N.Y., bickering and occasionally answering questions from the local press and local voters. Throughout the assaults, both candidates remained grimly composed. There was an abundance of contemptuous laughter - the kind of snicker you force out when you're trying to show an audience that your opponent is lying...