Cyberspace Is on Alert For More Scandal News
Date: 26 January 1998
By Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
Internet is playing major role in unfolding story of alleged sexual improprieties between Pres Clinton and Monica S Lewinsky; story first appeared on Web on January 17, when Matt Drudge, gossip writer, reported that senior Newsweek editors had killed article on accusations (M)
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In Clinton Crisis, Fine Line Between News and Gossip
Date: 25 January 1998
By Walter Goodman
Walter Goodman
Critic's Notebook comment on news coverage of allegations that Pres Clinton had sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky; titillating talk migrates from afternoon talk shows to prime-time, as Ted Koppel, Larry King and Barbara Walters speculate, with straight faces, about Clinton's sex life (S)
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Cautious Newsweek Reaps Much of the Credit
Date: 26 January 1998
By Robin Pogrebin
Robin Pogrebin
Newsweek magazine, which decided on January 17 not to publish scoop on accusations regarding Pres Clinton's alleged sexual affair with Monica S Lewinsky, has since been cited by just about every news organization for its account, and has been credited for every reprint of tape transcripts; its reporters and editors have appeared on several news programs ; photo (M)
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WHITE HOUSE ACTS TO CONTAIN FUROR AS CONCERN GROWS
Date: 26 January 1998
By Richard L. Berke
Richard Berke
Cabinet members and panicked Congressional Democrats privately express fears that Clinton Presidency may be doomed, as White House mounts first orchestrated campaign to contain allegations of improper sexual involvement between Clinton and Monica S Lewinsky, former White House intern whom he may have told to lie under oath; Defense Sec William S Cohen and Treasury Sec Robert E Rubin are described as particularly distressed by accusations; Clinton's supporters fan out on morning television shows in drive to discredit special prosecutor, Kenneth W Starr; many seem defensive and uninformed, lacking any new information to defend President; White House officials are confronted with internal poll, showing Clinton's popularity has tumbled 15 points since allegations; say they are facing enormous pressure from Democrats in Congress, fearful that troubles may undermine their agenda, for Clinton to clear air and address allegations before State of the Union Message; Lewinskys' attorney says if she agrees to cooperate with special prosecutor, she will tell all; scores of witnessses, including high officials and junior staffers at White House, friends of Lewinsky and Linda Tripp, co-worker who made secret tapes of conversations with Lewinsky, have been interviewed or served with subpoenas ordering them before grand jury; White House lawyers, in maneuver to weaken Lewinsky and Tripp, weigh asking judge in Little Rock to move up trial date of Paula Corbin Jones's sexual misconduct lawsuit, scheduled to begin in May; say it would give them opportunity to cross-examine both women, perhaps making them less valuable in effort to help Starr; photo (L)
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Liberties; Not Suitable for Children
Date: 25 January 1998
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column on week of X-rated television speculations about Pres Clinton's sex life (S)
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Never a Loss For Words
Date: 25 January 1998
By Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin article on New York City's special place in world of American writing and journalism; photo of secondhand bookstore in Greenwich Village in 1940 (S)
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Ideas & Trends; 30 Years After Tet, the War as Hanoi Showed It
Date: 25 January 1998
By Malcolm W. Browne
Malcolm Browne
Photos of Vietnam war scenes, taken by North Vietnam for propaganda purposes
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Indonesian Stocks Rise as Rupiah Falls
Date: 26 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Indonesian stocks rise on January 26 as investors take advantage of difference between value of shares in Jakarta and New York as value of rupiah continues to plunge (S)
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Indonesian Currency Declines On Uncertainty Over Future
Date: 26 January 1998
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Indonesian rupiah declines in value, by as much as 15 percent in early trading on January 26, as no solution emerges to country's deepening debt crisis and as international banks continue to freeze lending (S)
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News Summary
Date: 25 January 1998
INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Clinton Advisers Weigh Strategies Against Iraq President Clinton's top foreign policy advisers met to consider military and political tactics against Iraq, among them a sustained attack on suspected biological and chemical weapons sites that Saddam Hussein has hidden from inspectors. 1
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