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The House Saturday rammed home its point that Clinton's alleged lying meets the standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors" and is not the sex-sullied triviality that the Clinton defense team contends.
A story about the development of HDTV contends that, contrary to laissez-faire dogma, government regulation can help private industry make better products.
Where Greenberg contends that "downscale" voters provided Clinton's margin of victory, Penn argues it was middle-income, middle-of-the-road suburban voters who swung the election.
This, he contends, is a symbol of the decline of community spirit and the rise of atomistic individualism.
The Court contends that Rust is different because the program at issue subsidized government speech, while the LSC funds private speech.