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The language is lackluster, the pacing leaden, the clichés plentiful, and the surprises few--no, not the campaign speeches for the Iowa caucuses (Well, yes, but I'm thinking of something else here.)
But the NYT and especially the WP wade into the details, and even though Bill Clinton told Senate Democrats yesterday at a White House meeting that Starr's report would contain "no surprises," some of the details are new: Lewinsky testified that on two occasions she engaged in a sex act with Clinton while he talked on the phone with members of Congress (say both papers) and the WP prints the Dutch Master-bator tale of Drudge Report fame that according to her, the two once used a cigar as a prop in a sex act.
The apparent villain really is a villain, of sorts--but she adds surprises.
The old city’s narrow, atmospheric streets are full of pleasant surprises, best seen on foot.
And the LAT surprises with word that the panel members are barred from speaking to the media.