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Befriends Linda Tripp, an aide in the same office --NOVEMBER Clinton re-elected.

From Time Magazine Archive

“No more shall Charity with sparkling eyes, And smiles of welcome, wide unfold the door, Where pity listening still to nature’s cries, Befriends the wretched and relieves the poor.”

From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous

But not deferr'd your joy so long, It bears an early date; Affliction's ready pay in hand, Befriends our present state; What are the tears, which trickle down Her melancholy face, Like liquid pearl?

From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward