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Greed, too, was discouraged with a terse reminder, You don't need that any more than a toad needs side pockets.
However, despite Clinton's terse and limited responses, he did provide some fresh tidbits for the Committee to mull: The NYT says that Clinton's responses marked the first time he had acknowledged discussing methods for handling the Lewinsky matter with Dick Morris, his political advisor, shortly after the story broke in January.
The WP reports tension inside the White House between political advisors, who feel it's imperative for Clinton to quickly and forcefully rebut allegations, and the lawyers, who warn that Clinton should keep his public comments terse and undetailed until they can assemble more facts.
Throughout this terse, entertaining parable (it won the grand prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival), the Belgian-born writer-directors Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ( La Promesse , 1996) immerse you in the sensations of Rosetta's life: her daily, roundabout slog through the woods to reach the trailer park where she lives with her alcoholic mother (she's too ashamed to go through the front entrance); her frustrating treks to find employment, however menial; and, most of all, her countless rages at a society that refuses to grant her a "normal" (her word) existence.
The movie is based on a terse, bleakly funny 1988 novel by Peter Farrelly, who, with his brother Bobby, wrote and directed Dumb and Dumber (1994) and There's Something About Mary (1998).