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Article: How Watergate, Lewinsky scandals unfolded couldn't be more different.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- October 18, 1998
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WASHINGTON _ By now, the parallels drawn between the Watergate and Monica Lewinsky scandals are practically cliche. But how these two ignominious presidential stories unfolded _ how America discovered what happened _ couldn't be more different.
If the sound of the Lewinsky evidence is the thud of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's sex-filled documents, then Watergate was a protracted dripping.
Watergate's facts filtered out to the public gradually over the course of two years. In the end, Congress played a vital role in uncovering the evidence that led to Nixon's downfall.
The Lewinsky investigation, on the other hand, was completed in ...